United States suspends political asylum for Central Americans who demand it on their territory | Chronic

The United States government announced Monday that it would block all of the requests for political asylum from Central America's immigrants who would apply for it in the United States, and not in a US state, from tomorrow. reasonable delay. "safe third country", in a new attempt to prevent the mbadive influx of people on the southern border with Mexico.

The expression has "safe third country" means a territory over which the persons in question do not risk death and, as that definition is difficult to apply in an objective manner, the United States must sign an agreement specifying the conditions and requirements of that country. Currently, only Canada is defined as such.

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"A foreigner entering or attempting to enter the United States through the southern border after not applying for protection in a third country outside of his or her country of citizenship, nationality or last habitual legal residence en route to the United States is not suitable for asylum", explained the new order published in the Federal Register and will come into effect tomorrow, according to the EFE news agency.

Until now, US law did not prohibit political asylum according to the route taken by the migrant.

The purpose of the Department of Homeland Security's new internal standard is to prevent thousands of Central Americans from crossing this region and Mexico to reach the southern border of the United States, as has been the case for years, and this seems to be the case. be intensified recently.

A few weeks ago, the government of Donald Trump signed an agreement with the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, To strengthen its southern border with Guatemala, all Central American countries will be considered as the same bloc on the migratory route and will receive asylum-seekers in the United States and await the outcome of this long process.

In addition, Washington publicly insists on the Guatemalan government of the president Jimmy Morales to accept a "safe third country" agreement, which Morales and Trump were to announce today in the White House.

However, the Guatemalan president canceled the meeting Monday in Washington because his country's Constitutional Court recognized Sunday a resource that ended the deal.

The new standard that blocks the demand for political asylum in the US also includes minors crossing the border alone.

The only exceptions are cases where an immigrant arrives in the country against his will, as part of a system of human trafficking; if the countries that have gone abroad are not signatories of the agreements that defend the refugees – something that does not happen with any of the neighboring territories of the United States – or if the plaintiff asked the protection of a third country and that it was refused.

From the government, the acting secretary of national security, Kevin McAleenan, defended the new internal standard – which should not go through Congress as it is not a law – and promised that it would reduce "Burdensome burdens caused by asylum seekers who do not seek urgent protection in the first available country, economic migrants who do not have a legitimate fear of being persecuted".

The official announcement coincides with the beginning of mbadive raids in several cities to stop undocumented immigrants and a strong political offensive by Trump against the Democrats who oppose with the greatest vigor their immigration policy.