Asylum seekers turned away at US border
By Ana Ceballos Josh Denmark After one Honduran woman and her then 17-year-old daughter were “repeatedly raped” by MS-13 gang members, and later threatened with death, they fled their country and headed to the United States — a country that has long adhered to international law by allowing asylum seekers to plead their case. In August 2016, Dinora Doe and her daughter, now 18, reached the Otay Mesa border crossing in San Diego and tried to request asylum. But they were soon turned away by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials who “misinformed them” about their rights and deni...
Source: laprensa-sandiego.org