Democrats call for end to Remain in Mexico asylum policy
by BY RACHEL FRAZIN
August 30, 2019
A group of two dozen Democratic and independent senators who caucus with them on Tuesday wrote a letter to Trump administration officials asking them to end a policy that forces some asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their claims process.
The senators in the letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan question the legality and impact on U.S. interests and migrant safety of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the Remain in Mexico policy.
“Under the Remain in Mexico policy, the United States has turned its back on its domestic and international legal obligations by forcing men, women, and children to await resolution of their U.S. asylum cases in parts of Mexico plagued by violence,†the senators wrote.
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