Guatemala and the Trump administration signed an agreement that would require asylum seekers transiting the Central American country to make their claim there instead of in the U.S., Trump said.
Guatemala has signed an agreement with the Trump administration that would require all asylum seekers transiting the Central American country to make their claim there instead of in the U.S., President Trump said Friday.
Trump looked on as acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan signed the document alongside Guatemalan Interior Minister Enrique Degenhart at the White House. “Guatemala is in no way safe for refugees and asylum seekers, and all the strong-arming in the world won’t make it so,” Refugees International President Eric Schwartz said in a statement. “This agreement also violates U.S. law and will put some of the most vulnerable people in Central America in grave danger.”
Trump administration officials have been lobbying intensely for months to get Guatemala to accept a sweeping migration agreement amid continued frustration over near-record numbers of Central American families and unaccompanied minors arriving to the U.S. southern border. Many from El Salvador and Honduras travel through Guatemala en route to Mexico.
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