The OAS approves the resolution to condemn the separation of families in the United States

The Organization of American States (OAS) on Friday approved a resolution promoted by Mexico to "strongly" condemn Donald Trump's policy of separating immigrant families from the United States,

The resolution included the accession of the countries of the North Triangle of Central America (El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala) and, surprisingly, it was adopted by consensus, without the United States notifying it. The Permanent Council of OAS, headquartered in Washington DC

Soon after the adoption, the US Ambbadador to the OAS, Carlos Trujillo, requested the floor to defend the does that his country is a "welcome home to immigrants," but has the "sovereign right" to defend its borders and to establish its immigration policy.

The approved initiative serves "to vigorously express the rejection of the"

In addition, with its approval, the OAS requires that the United States of America and the United States from America "avoid separation of families" and "take the necessary steps to reunite children with their parents as soon as possible."

One of the most important points is the request to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to visit the southern border of the United States and "implement all the measures that it deems relevant, including the possible adoption of precautionary measures. "

The IACHR, an independent agency of the OAS, did not impose any precautionary measures in the United States, but on June 18, expressed its "deep concern" about the separation of families, including a lot of Central America.

The IACHR has received requests from various groups, such as the Texas Civil Rights Project, which provides legal advice to immigrants, and the Mexican National Commission on Human Rights (CNDH), which are joined by institutions dedicated to the defense of human rights of the governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Guatemala.

In response to these requests, the Commission this month asked the United States authorities for information on the separation of families to decide whether to take precautionary measures.

This is the first time that the OAS has dedicated a Permanent Council. the "zero tolerance" policy, which led to the separation of 2,300 children from their families.

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