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Human rights lawyer, humanitarian | Director, Research & Analysis, Refugee Protection @HumanRights1st | Formerly @refugees | Views are my own | she/her
May 11, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
In Matamoros, Reynosa & RGV, heard disturbing accounts from people seeking asylum and from humanitarian and faith workers/volunteers about horrific conditions & barriers to asylum. Spoke to single women, men, and families without phones having been extorted and robbed countless times in their journey to the border, now unable to access life-saving asylum protection because the USG has made CBP One the ONLY path to asylum under new #asylumban