The Trump administration has ordered at least 13,000 asylum seekers under 18 to wait in Mexico for their asylum cases to be processed, according to a Reuters analysis.
The Trump administration's widely condemned"Remain In Mexico" policy has forced more than 13,000 asylum seekers under the age of 18 to wait in high-crime Mexican border towns while their immigration cases are processed in the U.S., according to a new Reuters analysis.
In its report, Human Rights First said that it had already identified at least 343 cases in which asylum seekers affected by the Remain in Mexico policy had reported being"violently attacked or threatened in Mexico," including falling victim to kidnapping, rape and other violence. The dangers of being forced to remain in Matamoros, situated in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, is clearly outlined in the U.S.'s own travel advisory for Mexico, which lists Tamaulipas as a"level 4: Do Not Travel region," where"violent crime, such as murder, armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, extortion and sexual assault" are"common."
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