Advocates for immigration rights are appealing to the incoming Biden government to meet its “obligations” to asylum seekers – as a caravan of thousands of Hondurans en route to the U.S. border.
‘We recognize the importance of the incoming United States Government’s strong commitment to migrants and asylum seekers, which provides an opportunity for the governments of Mexico and Central America to develop policies and a migration management that respects human rights. respect and promote. of the population in mobility, ”Pueblo Sin Fronteras said in a statement released by Fox News.
“We will advocate that the government in Biden meet its obligations.”
The statement came as more than 1,000 people pulled out of a Honduran caravan in Guatemala on Friday. The caravan, which includes a total of more than 5,000 people, may be the first time to reach the U.S. border after Biden entered service.
Pueblo Sin Fronteras has asked Biden to work with the Mexican government and Central American countries to address the roots of illegal immigration.
The Biden government must “dismantle illegal and inhumane programs such as Remain in Mexico, the United States’ asylum cooperation agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, as well as the title of 42 evictions by US authorities,” he said.
The Title 42 program enables Customs and Border Protection officials to expel anyone who crosses the border illegally immediately to their country of last transport.
Staying in Mexico, implemented in January 2019, requires U.S. asylum seekers to stay in the country while they wait until their cases are heard by U.S. immigration courts.
The Biden government has promised a more humane approach to illegal migrants and a reversal of some of President Trump’s most controversial policies – but has warned that the changes will not happen overnight.
“Our priority is to reopen asylum processing at the border, in line with the ability to do so safely and to protect public health, especially in the context of COVID-19,” Biden policy adviser Susan Rice said in a recent interview with the Spanish wire service FFE said. .
“This effort will begin immediately, but it will take months to develop the capacity we need to fully reopen.”