US: Asylum Seekers Returned to Uncertainty, Danger in Mexico

Expand Immigrants attempt to enter the US between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas, on April 29, 2019. Family apprehensions in El Paso area have topped about 60,000 individuals, an increase of 1,670%, up from about 3,000 last year, according to officials. © 2019 Paul Ratje/AFP/Getty Images (El Paso, TX) – The United States government should cease returning asylum seekers to wait in Mexico during their US immigration court proceedings, Human Rights Watch and the Hope Border Institute said in a report released today. Human Rights Watch’s 50-page report, “‘We Can’t Help You Here’: US…

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