"The Biden administration is knowingly leaving children in harm's way. The administration should immediately resume winding down Remain in Mexico and give everybody a fair shot at seeking asylum at U.S. borders."More than 20,000 asylum-seeking children have been placed at risk of"serious harm" by the U.S.
"The Biden administration has left vulnerable asylum-seekers stranded and should reverse course immediately." "The data shows how many children the Trump administration wrongly sent to dangerous conditions in Mexico, many of them still there a year after President Joe Biden came into office with pledges to end this program," Human Rights Watch U.S. border researcher Ari Sawyerin a statement.
According to data provided to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse by U.S. immigration courts, the United States sent at least 21,300 asylum-seeking children and their families to dangerous Mexican border cities under the Migrant Protection Protocols —also known as the"Remain in Mexico" policy—during Donald Trump's presidency.
hrw AriMSawyer We deported 3 million - there is plenty of room here. There are plenty of jobs and plenty of relatives here waiting. This is cruel and illegal and it must stop!