Laurie Ball Cooper (’11), U.S. Legal Services Director at International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), was quoted by Al Jazeera discussing the new DHS/DOJ rule that disqualifies people entering the United States outside of lawful pathways from asylum eligibility and allows removal of those who do not establish a reasonable fear of persecution (“US Unveils Rule That Rights Groups Say Stifles Access to Asylum,” May 10). Laurie urged, “The Biden administration should be ashamed of pursuing Trump-era policies to unjustly deny protection to people seeking safety in the United States and return them to danger. The administration must immediately rescind this harmful and illegal rule.”
