Friday, February 01, 2019

US Quietly Plans To Make Asylum Seekers Wait In Mexico — Mexico Not So Sure | The Daily Caller

US Quietly Plans To Make Asylum Seekers Wait In Mexico — Mexico Not So Sure | The Daily Caller:

Image result for Flicker Commons Images Exit SignA new Trump administration policy began Tuesday that would force asylum seekers coming from Mexico to wait in that country while their cases go through U.S. immigration courts.
On the first day of the policy, which currently applies only to San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing, a 55-year-old Honduran man, Carlos Gomez, became the first asylum seeker to be returned to Mexico. Gomez reportedly asked to be taken to a migrant shelter in Tijuana.
The AP called the shift “one of the most dramatic changes to the U.S. immigration system of Donald Trump’s presidency.”

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