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@jccharc @EmbamexEUA @Martha_Barcena @SE_mx @MxUSTrade @USChamber @AmChamMexico @USMCOC @NASCONetwork @willmauldin @sabrod123 @JCBakerMX “The US should immediately cease returning asylum seekers to Mexico and instead ensure them access to humanitarian support, safety, and due process in asylum proceedings. -Congress- should urgently act to prohibit using government funds to continue this program. “✔️
@jccharc @EmbamexEUA @Martha_Barcena @SE_mx @MxUSTrade @USChamber @AmChamMexico @USMCOC @NASCONetwork @willmauldin @sabrod123 @JCBakerMX The vulnerability of returned asylum seekers is heightened by a lack of shelter, food, and other necessities – and extremely limited resources. Despite earlier promises.
@jccharc @EmbamexEUA @Martha_Barcena @SE_mx @MxUSTrade @USChamber @AmChamMexico @USMCOC @NASCONetwork @willmauldin @sabrod123 @JCBakerMX The Mexican government has not provided work visas to asylum seekers in the MPP program, ultimately limiting their means of survival and exposing them to exploitation.
@jccharc @EmbamexEUA @Martha_Barcena @SE_mx @MxUSTrade @USChamber @AmChamMexico @USMCOC @NASCONetwork @willmauldin @sabrod123 @JCBakerMX According to the Mexican government, the country is currently facing an “emergency of violence and insecurity.” The national security plan of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador states in its opening sentence:
@jccharc @EmbamexEUA @Martha_Barcena @SE_mx @MxUSTrade @USChamber @AmChamMexico @USMCOC @NASCONetwork @willmauldin @sabrod123 @JCBakerMX “The violence, killings, and criminality in our country have reached historic levels and we are among the most unsafe countries in the world.”
