A thread this #26June from CVT's Andrea Cárcamo, senior policy counsel. 1/5

#Asylum #Torture #TPS #Venezuela
"The recent final rules massively limiting the receipt of work permits for asylum seekers will prevent survivors of torture from healing and thriving..." 2/5 #26June
"Many of the individuals coming through the southern U.S. border to seek refuge are survivors of torture, and the asylum policies by the Trump administration are retraumatizing them and preventing healing..." 3/5 #26June
"Most of the affirmative asylum applicants in the U.S. are from Venezuela, many of whom are victims of torture as evidenced by the fact our two centers in the U.S. serve Venezuelan survivors." 4/5 #26June
Read the statement: https://bit.ly/2BHmm5U  5/5. #26June
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