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Leora Hudak, migration partnerships program manager, writes about CVT’s work to support asylum seekers as they make their way to destinations in the United States.
Dr. Simon Adams, CVT president and CEO, writes about the opportunity facing the U.S. today to repair its broken system for asylum and refugee resettlement.
Jessica Douglas, external relations officer, CVT Georgia, writes about the CDC’s Title 42 Ban and advocates for its immediate recension.
Shelleyan Lewars, social media consultant, CVT Georgia, writes about efforts in Georgia to support and utilize the skills and talents of the state's new Americans.
Las autoras Andrea Cárcamo, asesora principal de políticas, Leora Hudak, especialista en bienestar del personal y salud mental, Urmy Shukla, asesora de evaluación de programas, y Lisa Peterson-de la Cueva describen el trabajo que CVT está llevando a cabo para enfrentar el trauma secundario y enseñar la importancia de resiliencia de los proveedores de servicios legales en la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
Alison Beckman, MSW, LICSW, senior clinician for external relations, writes about a visit to Casa Alitas in Tucson in preparation for extending new forms of care.
From CVT's Washington, DC, office, Andrea Cárcamo and Ariel Zarate, MA, LSW, write about the harmful use of the word “alien” in the U.S. immigration system.
Here is CVT's explainer of four final rules being implemented by the Trump administration in its last days in office, all of which are particularly harmful to asylum seekers.
For Human Rights Day 2020, CVT takes a look at Article 14, the right to seek asylum, and considers the rights of those trying to seek safety in the United States.
Andrea Cárcamo, CVT senior policy counsel, writes about how the U.S. use of immigration detention results in family separation, yet is often overlooked.

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