This week marks the one-year anniversary of the implementation of the "Remain in Mexico" policy, and advocates say the rule has put tens of thousands of asylum-seekers in harm’s way. nbcnews.to/316oOeX (1/5)
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Nearly 60,000 people have been put under the program, according to data through December obtained by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University.
According to TRAC, only 2,765 of the 59,241 migrants under the program had received representation. (2/5)
According to TRAC, only 2,765 of the 59,241 migrants under the program had received representation. (2/5)
Human Rights First said in a report released last week that it had tracked more than 800 public reports of “murder, torture, rape, kidnapping and other violent attacks against asylum-seekers and migrants returned to Mexico” under the program. (3/5)
Asylum is already a difficult form of relief to win, with recent TRAC data showing only a 20% approval rate.
Nearly 30,000 cases remain pending, but only 187 have been granted relief, according to the data. (4/5)
Nearly 30,000 cases remain pending, but only 187 have been granted relief, according to the data. (4/5)
“Despite not getting all the money he needed to build a wall, the president has effectively built a wall to keep asylum-seekers out of this country,” says Robyn Barnard, an attorney at Human Rights First. (5/5)
