The first foreign asylum-seeker arrived in Guatemala on Thursday from El Paso, T...
GUATEMALA CITY - The first foreign asylum-seeker arrived in Guatemala on Thursday from El Paso, Texas, under a U.S. agreement that establishes it as a so-called safe third country to process people fleeing persecution in their homelands.
Democrats and activists say it is irresponsible to send vulnerable people to seek shelter in Guatemala, with its high murder rates, tiny asylum system and weak rule of law. Ardon’s official paperwork with Guatemala’s migration agency showed his authorization to stay in the country will expire in three days, according to a copy of the document seen by Reuters.
The Trump administration has worked to restrict asylum access in the United States to curb the number of mostly Central American families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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