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Both DHS and DOJ have certified this as providing “access to a full and fair procedure for determining a claim to asylum or equivalent temporary protection.”

Un-fricking-believable.
FYI, this is incorrect: "Under the terms of the accord, asylum seekers can be sent from the U.S. border to Guatemala if they passed through the country’s territory without seeking protection."

Nothing in the text of the accord mentions transit. It's just a fact of geography.
Unless @ksieff and @NickMiroff have seen accords between the US/Guatemala different from the text of the agreement already released, transit through the country is not actually required. Same with the Honduras and El Salvador deals.

If other accords exist, I'd love to see them.
@ksieff @NickMiroff Full. And. Fair.
@ksieff @NickMiroff This paragraph emphasizes the utter bullshit at the heart of all of this.

People involved with the negotiations KNOW Guatemala can't handle asylum seekers. They're optimistic, though—with support, it's possible in the future.

But they're moving forward today. Regardless.
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