ASAP in the News
National Catholic Reporter
April 26, 2018
Co-founder Liz Willis discussed the Trump administration's policies making an already challenging system more difficult for asylum seekers looking for refuge in the United States.
Lexis Nexis
February 19, 2018
Board Member Michelle Mendez discusses an important win for ASAP in a late-filed BIA appeal reversing a deportation order resulting from ineffective counsel.
Connecticut Law Tribune
January 18, 2018
The Connecticut Law Tribune profiled ASAP's beginning as a organization run by Yale law student volunteers responding to unmet legal needs of Central American refugees.
National Catholic Reporter
December 15, 2017
NCR featured ASAP and CLINIC's partnership to reopen the cases of asylum seekers who received deportation orders after missing court dates.
The Guardian
October 24, 2017
ASAP's board and co-founders were featured for their work challenging anti-immigrant policies in the United States, along with other lawyers across the country.
Chicago Tribune
October 23, 2017
Board Member Michelle Mendez and co-founder Swapna Reddy rebutted Attorney General Jeff Sessions' false and damaging claims about asylum seekers.
New York Times
May 5, 2017
Co-director Swapna Reddy discussed the unlawful deportation of a Honduran mother and child who came to the U.S. fleeing danger abroad.
TIME Magazine
March 9, 2017
Co-directors Conchita Cruz and Swapna Reddy published an op-ed discussing the challenges faced by asylum-seeking families in the United States.
Yale News
February 27, 2017
Co-founder Liz Willis discussed ASAP's new Yale clinic: "the mothers we work with are exceptionally strong... and the goal is to provide them with exceptional representation."
Yale News
January 30, 2017
Yale profiled the development of ASAP and the International Refugee Assistance Project, both founded by law students to assist vulnerable families in hard-to-reach areas.
WHQR, NPR Affiliate
January 17, 2017
Co-founder Liz Willis discussed ASAP's efforts to bring legal services to rural areas across the United States.
Fusion
December 9, 2016
ASAP's Co-director Swapna Reddy discussed the unexpected consequences of illegal reentry enforcement for asylum seekers in the United States.
