Lucy Westcott

Lucy Westcott is a journalist focusing on immigration and women’s rights. Her work has appeared in Newsweek, The Atlantic, Bustle, and PopSugar, and she has reported from around the world. Originally from Swindon, U.K., Lucy now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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LA LIMA, HONDURAS - AUGUST 20: Emergency personnel put a woman on a stretcher after relatives helped her walk to a police station on August 20, 2017 in La Lima, Honduras. In Honduras rival gangs, including MS-13 and Barrio 18, tightly control territory, earning money from extortion and drug trafficking. Not even emergency vehicles are allowed to enter many areas due to the danger. Honduras has one of the highest murder rates in the world for countries not at war and is consistently one of the poorest nations in the Western Hemisphere. The violence and poverty have driven immigration to the U.S. and more recently Mexico, although the numbers of U.S.-bound immigrants has dropped geatly during the first months of the Trump Presidency. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The War on Immigrants

Donald Trump’s New Policies Could Make It Harder for Torture Survivors to Get Asylum

Lucy Westcott

- Apr. 3, 2018

A forensic evaluation by a doctor can be key for asylum-seekers to win their case. New detention and deportation policies may make the exams harder to get.

Lucy Westcott

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Donald Trump’s New Policies Could Make It Harder for Torture Survivors to Get Asylum