The Forward (8/22 issue, Cattan) reports, "In a rare, unified rebuke of the Bush Administration, 15 prominent Jewish organizations have come together to decry what they say is the unlawful prosecution of legitimate asylum seekers. The groups are objecting to the federal government's growing practice of prosecuting asylum seekers for using false documents to enter the United States. They voiced their opposition in a recent, sharply worded letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, claiming US attorneys in Miami, Washington and 'possibly other areas' were taking it upon themselves to prosecute asylum seekers. Signed by leading Jewish civil rights organizations, the two largest synagogue movements and organizations representing Jewish communities across North America, the letter flies in the face of reports that Jewish groups are increasingly hesitant to confront the administration. It also suggests that, despite the attacks of September 11, 2001, and subsequent criticisms from a few well-placed skeptics, the Jewish community is maintaining its historic support for liberal immigration rules and concern for asylum seekers of all backgrounds." In the letter, dated August 13, "the Jewish groups argued that US attorneys are violating federal law and the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, which was adopted by the United States to protect refugees from being penalized for the manner in which they enter the country. The groups also argued that the new policy 'fails to take into account the essential reality of the refugee experience in which victims of religious persecution, torture, rape and other violent oppression are often not able to acquire proper papers from the government that is responsible for their persecution.'"
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