JimBowie1958
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I was wondering how long this would take, though I expected Mexico to do it instead of Guatemala.
Any refugee that passes through Guatemala to the USA can be denied sanctuary legally because they did not accept sanctuary in Guatemala.
Report: Guatemala May Build 'Legal Wall' Against Migrants | Breitbart
Any refugee that passes through Guatemala to the USA can be denied sanctuary legally because they did not accept sanctuary in Guatemala.
Report: Guatemala May Build 'Legal Wall' Against Migrants | Breitbart
The Guatemala deal would create a legal wall on the U.S. border that would prevent migrants from asking for asylum or getting released into the United States, according to the outlet:
Pro-migration advocates are appalled because they are concerned the agreement might effectively bar the catch and release of the many economic migrants who ask for asylum at the U.S. border.
According to a draft of the agreement, which The New Yorker has obtained, asylum seekers from any country who either show up at U.S. ports of entry or are apprehended while crossing between ports of entry could be sent to seek asylum in Guatemala instead … Under this new arrangement, most of these migrants will no longer have a chance to make an asylum claim in the U.S. at all. “We’re talking about something much bigger than what the term ‘safe third country’ implies,” someone with knowledge of the deal told me. “We’re talking about a kind of transfer agreement where the U.S. can send any asylum seekers, not just Central Americans, to Guatemala.”
Pro-migration advocates are appalled because they are concerned the agreement might effectively bar the catch and release of the many economic migrants who ask for asylum at the U.S. border.