We support a generous policy of asylum for migrants fleeing persecution and violent conflict within their countries of origin, including a call for the United States to fulfill its obligations under international law in regards to the treatment of refugees and those fleeing inhumane conditions.
“Last week, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced that in August it apprehended 12,774 arriving families. The month’s overall border apprehension levels are consistent with the rise in border arrivals and asylum claims being sought largely by Salvadorans, Hondurans, and Guatemalans.
Since 2014, transnational gang violence and runaway domestic abuse have wracked the northern region of Central America, causing what the United Nations has declared a refugee crisis marked by a significant increase in the number of people fleeing violence and persecution.”
