New Asylum Ban, Recycled Pretext: Proposed Rule Would Illegally, Unjustly Bar Many Asylum Seekers on Public Health Grounds Published by Human Rights First, Physicians for Human Rights, and Amnesty International on July 29, 2020. Laying out the strong case against the Trump administration’s proposed July 9, 2020 rule that would make permanent restrictions on asylum first implemented as a COVID-19 response. Tags: Asylum, Public Health