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Navigating the Advocacy-Policy Tension in Immigration Reform
Advocates face a dilemma in needing to validate conditions for some individuals' removal, while also prioritizing fighting for their clients facing odds in the asylum system. The shift in immigration reform efforts after 2013 focused more on border issues, causing a collision between individual-focused advocacy and the government's need to manage the system. This tension arises from the challenge of handling a high number of asylum seekers with questionable claims while seeking solutions in fixing the asylum system and addressing global conditions driving immigration.