{"id":11736,"date":"2021-07-12T09:21:09","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T16:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2021-09-27T10:02:47","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T17:02:47","slug":"let-families-and-communities-seek-asylum-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/let-families-and-communities-seek-asylum-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Let Families and Communities Seek Asylum Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article by CLLAS Executive Board Member and Founding Director, Lynn Stephen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1-1024x686.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11741\" width=\"251\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cllas.uoregon.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MexicoBorderArt-1140x764-1.jpeg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Art at the border, Public Books<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>As of June 1, 2021, there were 1,306,772 backlogged cases in US Immigration Courts, with an average wait time of 938 days, or 2.56 years, according to the Syracuse University&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/phptools\/immigration\/court_backlog\/\">Trac immigration project<\/a>. The nation with the largest number of cases is Guatemala, with 287,097, followed by Honduras, with 251,795. Among these pending immigration cases are a large number of asylum cases. What is asylum? Why would it take so long? Why would Guatemala and Honduras top the list? And can we rethink what asylum is?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more, please find this piece on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicbooks.org\/let-families-and-communities-seek-asylum-together\/?utm_source=PUBLIC+BOOKS+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=984ac57015-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_07_09&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_d048c39403-984ac57015-181036159&amp;mc_cid=984ac57015&amp;mc_eid=9205d93da3\">Public Books<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article by CLLAS Executive Board Member and Founding Director, Lynn Stephen As of June 1, 2021, there were 1,306,772 backlogged 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