Seeking Asylum (with Ava Benach)
Hyphenated America
English - August 10, 2020 04:08 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBPolitics News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Sophia and Maria break down what asylum is, who is eligible to apply for it, and the challenges associated. They are then joined by immigration attorney Ava Benach and discuss the future of asylum in light of recent rulings, barriers to work authorization eligibility for asylum seekers, and her work with pro bono transgender asylum seekers.
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