1/28/21

Witness at the Border Statement on Forced Migration

Excerpt:

MIGRANT MASSACRE AND REPRESSION OF MIGRANT CARAVAN SPOTLIGHT MORTAL DANGERS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS HEADING NORTH

January 28, 2021, Brooklyn NY -- On the occasion of the two-year anniversary of the Trump administration’s implementation of the notorious Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), or Remain in Mexico, and on the eve of additional immigration measures to be announced by the Biden administration, Witness at the Border issues the following statement:

We recognize the Biden administration’s dedication to dismantling the tragic legacies of the former administration’s anti-immigrant agenda—the criminalization of migrants, denial of asylum, indefinite detention, family separation, and expulsion of migrant families and children—all governed by the paradigm of “prevention through deterrence.” However, additional immediate remedial measures are needed to end the vicious cycle of forced migration.

We urgently call for: ● An end to arbitrary expulsions under the questionable Title 42 CDC order; ● The swift and humane processing of asylum claims by migrants who were forced into exile in Mexico by MPP; ● The total halt of the profit-motivated detention system; ● The termination of the Prompt Asylum Case Review (PACR) and ill-named Humanitarian Asylum Review Program (HARP); and that ● Effective steps be taken to address the root causes and humanitarian dimensions of forced migration from Central America and beyond.

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