In May, Amnesty International said the US government must stop separating asylum-seeking parents from their children and denying them access to asylum procedures through prolonged detention when they present themselves at the US-Mexico border. On 20 June Donald Trump ended this policy, following days of public outrage. Many asylum-seekers are fleeing violent countries which abuse human rights (such as Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala). They usually cross Mexico in caravans, as travelling in a group is safer in dangerous places. Although Trump seeks to brand them as criminals, it is not a crime to seek asylum at official border posts. Recently members of a caravan and their representatives marched through the streets of Tijuana to the border crossing point saying, ‘We are not criminals, we are the hope of Latin America’.
USA: human rights and Mexico border
Written by David Fletcher 21 Jun 2018Additional Info
- Pray: for God to open doors for all who leave their country in search of a better, safer life. (2 Cor. 2:14a)
- More: www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/americas-faces-of-the-migrant-caravan/
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