Speak up for People Seeking Protection at the USA-Mexico Border

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USA: Seeking protection at the border is not a crime

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Call on the USA to restore the right
to seek protection at the border.

Secretary

Kevin

McAleenan

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Since taking office in January 2017, your department has implemented border and immigration policies that have caused catastrophic harm to thousands of people seeking refugee protection. These policies have violated both US and international law, and they appeared to be aimed at the full dismantling of the US asylum system.

I urge you to immediately end these policies and practices, which include, but are not limited to:

- Mass illegal pushbacks of people seeking asylum at the US–Mexico border;

- Arbitrary and indefinite detention of people seeking asylum, without parole, constituting ill-treatment in some cases of vulnerable individuals;

- Illegal family separation, which has deliberately inflicted extreme suffering on families seeking asylum, and ill-treatment rising to the level of torture in some cases.

Setting dangerous precedent, the Trump administration’s abandonment of its obligations under international human rights and refugee law is undermining the international framework for refugee protection. I urge you to immediately change course and cease these cruel and unlawful practices immediately.

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People at the border need protection, not more violence

Migrate or die. Thousands of people from Central America, including families, have been forced to leave what they know and love to find safety for their children. They’ve walked for weeks, moving through Mexico and up towards the United States. Some are trying to escape violence and threats. Others are looking to escape grinding poverty and extreme insecurity. All are desperate and have little choice. Now they need our help.

The people on the move are mothers, fathers, and children. They are human beings. Like all of us, they have the right to live in security and to seek protection.

President Trump and his administration are deliberately undermining those rights for people seeking protection at the US-Mexico border. Since the Central American caravans have reached the border, President Trump has:

- Deployed thousands of troops to the border, militarizing the area.

- Encouraged US troops and border enforcement to use lethal force against migrants who approach the border.

- Signed a Presidential Proclamation to restrict the right to claim asylum in violation of US and international law.

- Unfairly labeled the migrants criminals and terrorists.

Call on the United States to restore the right to seek protection at the border.

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