Sara Gold is a law student at McGill University who works on issues related to Latin America and the law. Andrea Salguero is a law student at McGill University whose interests include immigration and labour law.
Migrants waiting for their court dates are living under dangerous conditions in overcrowded tents and shelters in Ciudad Juárez. We witnessed immigration court in El Paso, Texas, where migrants go to have their cases heard, and where proceedings are disorganized, chaotic and insensitive. In January 2019, the U.S. government implemented the MPP program as a more “humanitarian” approach to manage the large numbers of migrants seeking asylum along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Since the start of MPP, Human Rights First, a non-profit, non-partisan international human rights organization, reports there have been over 340 reported cases of rape, kidnapping, torture and other violent attacks against migrants. Many attacks go unreported. Additionally, migrants in MPP face additional hurdles when they attend immigration court in El Paso like lack of legal representation, logistical challenges and judicial indifference.
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