President Trump's proposed new asylum rules would make the already incredibly laborious process even more difficult for Central American migrants.
David Jackson and Alan GomezWASHINGTON – The Trump administration moved Monday to prevent most migrants from claiming political asylum in the USA, requiring them to make their claims in other countries first.
Lee Gelernt, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney who led the lawsuit that forced the administration to reunite more than 2,800 migrant families separated under Trump’s “zero tolerance” policy, said Monday morning his team would file a lawsuit soon against Trump’s latest move. The rule is based on the concept of requesting asylum in a"safe third country." It sidesteps U.S. law that requires the federal government to have a"safe third country" agreement in place verifying that a country is considered safe.
"The government of the republic reiterates that at no moment has it contemplated signing an agreement to convert Guatemala into a safe third country," the government said in a statement. The proposal is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to unilaterally limit or halt migrants from requesting asylum at the southwest border.
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