Read @KennjiKizuka's thread collecting examples of people subject to extreme harm under the Remain in Mexico/MPP program.
Today the Biden administration restarts MPP under court order, and apparently with "few changes."
So many people are going to be hurt.
Today the Biden administration restarts MPP under court order, and apparently with "few changes."
So many people are going to be hurt.
https://twitter.com/KennjiKizuka/status/1466414153162276871
Read Lucia's story's here. It is not for the faint of heart.
We @immcouncil submitted it to Congress in 2019 to show how bad Remain in Mexico was. Today the Biden administration restarts it under court order. So many will be hurt. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/…
We @immcouncil submitted it to Congress in 2019 to show how bad Remain in Mexico was. Today the Biden administration restarts it under court order. So many will be hurt. americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/…
https://twitter.com/KennjiKizuka/status/1466414159877361674
Listen to the words of a woman put into Remain in Mexico and kidnapped with her husband.
The cartels tortured her husband as they tried to get a ransom. She heard him scream repeatedly and saw him bloodied and hurt.
She didn't know if he was still alive.
The cartels tortured her husband as they tried to get a ransom. She heard him scream repeatedly and saw him bloodied and hurt.
She didn't know if he was still alive.
Listen to the call where a kidnapper tortures a father in front of his 3-year-old son while extorting a ransom from his wife in New Jersey.
The dad and his son were put into Remain in Mexico by the Trump administration. Now it's coming back under Biden.
nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/…
The dad and his son were put into Remain in Mexico by the Trump administration. Now it's coming back under Biden.
nytimes.com/2019/12/21/us/…
The Biden administration will send migrant to the same cities used before in Remain in Mexico, including Nuevo Laredo. That's where a mom and her 16-year-old daughter were sent under Trump.
They were raped repeatedly. This will keep happening under Biden.
They were raped repeatedly. This will keep happening under Biden.
https://twitter.com/KennjiKizuka/status/1466414166135214097
Listen to the Pulitzer Prize-winning episode of @ThisAmerLife which profiled the disastrous Remain in Mexico program.
Hear the words of one man who was kidnapped within hours of being sent back to Mexico, and his family in the US extorted for ransom.
thisamericanlife.org/688/the-out-cr…
Hear the words of one man who was kidnapped within hours of being sent back to Mexico, and his family in the US extorted for ransom.
thisamericanlife.org/688/the-out-cr…
Read the story of Rosalia, put into Remain in Mexico with her 2-year-old daughter. CBP took all of her belongings, leaving them homeless and with no money.
She thought her daughter would die from malnutrition. They barely ate for 3 days until they were able to contact family.
She thought her daughter would die from malnutrition. They barely ate for 3 days until they were able to contact family.
Read about what happened to this woman put into the Remain in Mexico program in 2019.
Mexican police—the same ones the Biden administration will now say are going to "protect" migrants"—kidnapped a woman and sold her to cartels kidnappers who raped her.
insightcrime.org/news/brief/mex…
Mexican police—the same ones the Biden administration will now say are going to "protect" migrants"—kidnapped a woman and sold her to cartels kidnappers who raped her.
insightcrime.org/news/brief/mex…
Read the stories that people told an immigration judge in court about what happened to them AFTER they were put into the Remain in Mexico program.
These stories are horrific... and common. And in most cases, these people were sent right back to Mexico.
hrw.org/report/2019/07…
These stories are horrific... and common. And in most cases, these people were sent right back to Mexico.
hrw.org/report/2019/07…
Read @DebbieNathan2's story about the families that were kidnapped, had their families inside the US forced to pay ransom, were subject to horrors... and then were sent by the Trump administration right back to Mexico even after reporting their ordeals. theintercept.com/2019/07/14/tru…
Read @YaelSchacher's first-hand testimony from her court observations in MPP.
She describes how one woman came to court with her leg in a cast. She told the judge that kidnappers broke her leg after she was placed into the Remain in Mexico program.
refugeesinternational.org/reports/2019/8…
She describes how one woman came to court with her leg in a cast. She told the judge that kidnappers broke her leg after she was placed into the Remain in Mexico program.
refugeesinternational.org/reports/2019/8…
Read this thread from @cbrownimmlaw about the horrors that one family saw when they were kidnapped after being placed into the Remain in Mexico program.
We are going to hear even more of these stories now that Biden's bringing it back under court order.
We are going to hear even more of these stories now that Biden's bringing it back under court order.
https://twitter.com/cbrownimmlaw/status/1158596077995479040
Read this article from @ksieff about how common kidnappings were of people put into Remain in Mexico.
Cubans and Venezuelans were often thought to have more money, so they were primary targets. Many were kidnapped the same day they were sent back.
washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
Cubans and Venezuelans were often thought to have more money, so they were primary targets. Many were kidnapped the same day they were sent back.
washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
Read @emilytgreen's original story about kidnappings under the Remain in Mexico program, that would go on to be the basis for the @ThisAmerLife story.
"David" was kidnapped within *hours* of being sent back to Mexico. And it was incredibly common.
vice.com/en/article/pa7…
"David" was kidnapped within *hours* of being sent back to Mexico. And it was incredibly common.
vice.com/en/article/pa7…
When I say that people had to run a gauntlet of kidnappers just to make it to court, I am not even remotely exaggerating.
Stories of people being kidnapped on their way to the border for a court hearing were incredibly common and well-documented.
Stories of people being kidnapped on their way to the border for a court hearing were incredibly common and well-documented.
https://twitter.com/mollyhf/status/1174480795525877760?s=12
Many people put into Remain in Mexico were kidnapped *multiple times.*
Here, a lawyer tells the story of a client kidnapped twice. The second time, his kidnappers put out cigarettes on his body.
Here, a lawyer tells the story of a client kidnapped twice. The second time, his kidnappers put out cigarettes on his body.
https://twitter.com/vwesq/status/1174837816783712262
Read this story of how many migrants, even those with strong asylum claims, ended up giving up their asylum claims because they worried they'd be killed if they waited in Mexico any longer.
Remain in Mexico was designed to make people give up.
expressnews.com/news/us-world/…
Remain in Mexico was designed to make people give up.
expressnews.com/news/us-world/…
Read this other story from @SilviaElenaFF about how the cartels profited from Remain in Mexico, extorting huge amounts of money from the families of migrants.
One woman showed up to court out of breath because she had just that moment escaped kidnappers.
expressnews.com/news/local/art…
One woman showed up to court out of breath because she had just that moment escaped kidnappers.
expressnews.com/news/local/art…
Read this story from @gusbova about how one man put into Remain in Mexico was stabbed and chased across the border by knife-wielding kidnappers.
Border Patrol agents ignored his pleas for help, stitched up his arm, and just sent him right back to Mexico.
texasobserver.org/attacked-in-me…
Border Patrol agents ignored his pleas for help, stitched up his arm, and just sent him right back to Mexico.
texasobserver.org/attacked-in-me…
Read @humanrights1st's investigations into how the cartels used documents produced as part of Remain in Mexico to set kidnapping fees.
Migrants were forced to pay ransoms to their kidnappers in amounts based on when their next court date was. humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/…
Migrants were forced to pay ransoms to their kidnappers in amounts based on when their next court date was. humanrightsfirst.org/sites/default/…
Read @JonathanBlitzer's story about Remain in Mexico, which documents how some migrants were so terrified they paid smugglers to cross the border a second time—and how that backfired on one family when they were sold to corrupt police and raped. newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
Sexual violence was enormously common for women put into Remain in Mexico. The United States in essence was handing women over to predators.
And often, the predators were the very same officials the United States was claiming would "protect migrants."
And often, the predators were the very same officials the United States was claiming would "protect migrants."
https://twitter.com/mariaaleote/status/1179170242058174465
As this thread has already shown in detail, Mexican police were often involved in persecuting people put into Remain in Mexico.
Read @aflores' story talking to a woman who says Mexican police kidnapped hundreds of migrants and turned them over to cartels.
buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
Read @aflores' story talking to a woman who says Mexican police kidnapped hundreds of migrants and turned them over to cartels.
buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfo…
Read about how the "support" the Mexican government and @UNmigration created to bus people put into Remain in Mexico away from the dangerous border led to many people simply giving up their asylum claims because they feared they'd die before court. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
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