Lawsuit claims US has threatened and misled immigrants seeking asylum
Source: The Guardian
Wednesday 12 July 2017 22.23 BST
US border officials have systemically blocked asylum seekers from accessing the asylum process, in violation of US and international law, according to a lawsuit filed by immigration advocates on Wednesday.
A collection of legal groups brought the suit, which claims that the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have put asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border in grave danger by threatening, misleading or rejecting them.
Erika Pinheiro, policy and technology director at Al Otro Lado, a plaintiff in the case, said immigration agencies have been been emboldened since Donald Trump was elected president.
“We’ve seen a drastic increase in illegal turnbacks since Trump was elected in November 2016,” Pinheiro said. “CBP agents, perhaps emboldened by the hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric surrounding the election have unilaterally undone decades of international diplomacy and domestic legislation by systematically denying refugees the right to seek asylum at the US-Mexico border”.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/12/lawsuit-us-hblocked-asylum-seekers-access-to-process-mexico
Perhaps? No: Definitely emboldened by Trump's hate!
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