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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and other asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their home countries experience abusive and dangerous conditions in Mexico when not allowed to cross the border to seek asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. ....
Biden taps groups to help pick asylum-seekers Migrants mainly from Honduras and Nicaragua sit in line after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, May 17, in La Joya, Texas. AP This photo provided by the International Rescue Committee shows Susana Coreas, a transwoman who fled El Salvador, is seen in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 24, 2021. Coreas was allowed into the United States in May after she was determined to be particularly vulnerable waiting in Mexico and given an exemption to federal pandemic-related powers that have prevented many from seeking asylum. A new effort by the Biden administration that is under pressure to lift the order is ramping up. ....
SAN DIEGO (AP) The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed into the United States to pursue asylum as it faces mounting pressure to lift public health rules that have barred people from seeking protection. ....
June 5, 2021 Share The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that block people from seeking asylum. The groups will determine who is most vulnerable in Mexico, and their criteria has not been made public. It comes as large numbers of people are crossing the southern border and as the government faces intensifying pressure to lift the public health powers instituted by former President Donald Trump and kept in place by President Joe Biden during the coronavirus pandemic. ....
The decision comes as record-setting numbers of people are crossing the southern border and as the government faces intensifying pressure to lift public health rules ....