Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights & Social Justice
Abstract
The note argues that the criminalization of humanitarian aid to migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border violates international human rights law and exacerbates a growing refugee crisis. It contends that the U.S. government's "prevention through deterrence" policy funnels migrants into dangerous conditions, leading to increased deaths and human rights violations. The analysis calls for structural reforms, including expanded humanitarian parole, temporary protected status, and refugee resettlement programs, to align U.S. policy with its international obligations and mitigate the crisis.
Disciplines
Constitutional Law | Fourteenth Amendment | Human Rights Law | Immigration Law | International Law | Law
Recommended Citation
William Fox,
Death at the Door of Relief: The Criminalization of Humanitarian Work and Asylum,
30
Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just.
471
(2024).
Available at:
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol30/iss2/7
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