Mexico and three Central American countries have reportedly filed a protest with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over President Donald Trump’s strict new asylum policy.
According to El Universal, the human rights ombudsmen for Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala asked the commission to intercede with the U.S. government to refrain from “collective expulsions” of caravan migrants — and guarantee them the right “to request and to receive asylum.”
The complaint says migrants who make it into the United States must be allowed to demand asylum there.
The document is aimed at a policy, newly signed by Trump, prohibiting anyone who jumps the Southwest border from requesting asylum. Only those who wait in line at official border crossings will be allowed to make the requests.
The ombudsmen’s complaint was filed earlier this month, El Universal reported.
Homeland Security officials say as many as 10,500 migrants are currently camped along the U.S.-Mexico border aiming to gain entry, with most coming north as members of caravans, The Washington Times reported.
The American Civil Liberties Union earlier this month filed a lawsuit to challenge the asylum limits and a hearing on the challenge was expected Monday.
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