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December 23, 2019

U.S. Considering Plan to Deport Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala
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In immigration news, the Trump administration is considering a
controversial plan to deport Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala. The
proposal comes after the United States has already begun to deport
Hondurans and Salvadorans who have arrived at the U.S. border seeking
asylum in the United States to Guatemala under a "safe third country"
agreement brokered with outgoing Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales.
Human rights advocates say deporting asylum seekers to Guatemala is
dangerous, particularly for female and LGBTQ asylum seekers. Guatemala
has one of the highest rates of femicide - the murder of women - in the
world.


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