NEW YORK, CMC – The New York Immigration Coalition (NYIC) has condemned a new United States rule that solidifies the “Recent Arrivals” (RA) Docket process aimed at reducing the time it takes to decide the fate of newly-arrived Caribbean and other asylum seekers in immigration courts from years to an estimated six months.
Many of the migrants crossing the southern border of the US and arriving at major cities, such as New York, are nationals from Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Honduras.
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NYIC, an umbrella policy and advocacy organization that represents over 200 immigrant and refugee rights groups throughout New York State, said the RA Docket will impact single adult Caribbean and other asylum seekers who have recently entered the US and are destined for five specific cities, Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City.
It said that now their cases will be ruled on by US immigration judges within the goal of 180 days.
“This rule would impact people who have fled political and humanitarian turmoil in their home countries, potentially leading to unfair deportation without adequate due process,” Murad Awawdeh, NYIC’s president and chief executive officer, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC).
