'By law, these migrants are supposed to be exempt from the Remain in Mexico policy—but CBP had decided to ignore their due process,' Castro tweeted
Photo: Denise Cathey/AP On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro visited a refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico, and accompanied a group of LGBTQ and disabled migrants across the Brownsville International Bridge to petition for asylum. Castro was invited to visit the encampment by the Texas Civil Rights Project, a non-profit organization that provides migrants with pro-bono legal help.
As the Los Angeles Times reports, the group, which consisted of nine LGBTQ migrants from Cuba, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as a hearing impaired woman from El Salvador and her relatives, had been staying in Mexico per the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. Also known as Migration Protection Protocols, or M.P.P., the program requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while waiting out their immigration proceedings.
The policy has also put migrants in extremely dangerous situations. “There are thousands of migrants who are suffering because of Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy. They are being kidnapped, extorted and subjected to violence,” Castro told NBC News. “I want to speak out particularly for the most vulnerable, migrants with disability and migrants who are LGBTQ. They’ve been particularly hurt by this policy.
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