Human Rights Watch Submits Comment in Opposition to the Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications Interim Final Rule

Lauren Alder Reid Assistant Director Office of Policy Executive Office for Immigration Review 5107 Leesburg Pike, Suite 2616 Falls Church, VA 22041 August 15, 2019 RE: EOIR Docket No. 19-0504 Dear Ms. Reid: We are writing to state Human Rights Watch’s opposition to the joint interim final rule, Asylum Eligibility and Procedural Modifications (EOIR Docket No. 19-0504), published by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security in the Federal Register on July 16, 2019. Human Rights Watch is a non-profit, non-governmental human rights organization that investigates allegations of…

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