Posted on 11/28/2018 2:50:27 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
GENEVA (Reuters) - Asylum seekers at the Mexican border fleeing violence or persecution are entitled to lodge claims in the United States to obtain sanctuary there, U.N. agencies said in a fresh attempt to shield migrants from tough U.S. immigration policies.
United Nations officials have repeatedly urged Washington to ensure asylum seekers are protected, but U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday Mexico should send migrants seeking asylum in the United States back to their home countries.
U.S. authorities fired tear gas canisters toward migrants in Mexico - near the border crossing separating Tijuana from San Diego, California - on Sunday when some rushed through border fencing into the United States. Mexico's foreign ministry presented a diplomatic note to the U.S. government on Monday calling for a "full investigation".
After Trump signed an order limiting asylum rights earlier this month, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the United States must make sure anyone fleeing violence or persecution can get protection "without obstruction".
UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch, asked on Tuesday about U.S. forces firing tear gas at migrants, told a Geneva news briefing:
"We are following those reports with concern, we are still trying to understand what transpired there."
Border management is "a sovereign prerogative of national governments", but border security and international protection for refugees are not mutually exclusive, he said.
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All Americans should flip the bird to the UN !
Every one of those UN countries should put their money where their mouths are, step forward and offer asylum to the refugees.
So, they can ask, but we can and must say NO! Let Mexico have them, kill them, send them home. Just don’t let them into the US.
Why is the US still in the UN and the UN still in the US?
Hey George, I made no such pledge and I don’t thiMk that you can legally pledge for me. Take the UN & shove it.
And they are welcome to ask at any U.S. Embassy or Consulate in their home country. Even trying to climb a border wall or crash a gate at a port of entry can and should be grounds for automatic disqualification. Permanently.
Terminating the UnitedNazis should be a top priority for us now
To hell with the U.N. Get them out of NYC . Dirtbags
Sovereign borders , by force if necessary .
Deploy snipers . Offer a bounty .
Time to use the UN for homeless
Actually, the truth is that President Trump suggested that Mexico should deport those who attempted to storm our border. He has repeatedly stated that the remaining migrants can apply for asylum at consolates located in Mexico where they are welcome to remain until their request is adjudicated.
He doesn't understand why Mexico has put up with these interlopers for so long. He has stated that those who entered Mexico by storming their borders should be sent home.
Oh, he knew we would never vote for the New World Order, so he devised a bipartisan plan to import people who will that was carried on by his next three successors.
The Bush Plan for North Mexico (aka USA) has US 30 million people down that road already.
LOL
I reaffirm the leaders of the UN can go f...forget about it.
I forget. Which branch of the government is the UN?/
New world order former prez ghwb approves..
The UN is the 3rd branch of American government.
The UN has NEVER, not even once in its history, EVER 1)stopped a war 2) stopped a genocide 3)saved anyone/anything at all 4) done anything of value. It is an utterly USELESS and DETRIMENTAL body!
Asylum from what? Countries that are ruined by socialists, the same ones in the UN are telling US that we should take them in because ....???
Yeah. Back up some barges. Frog march these commies onto them and ship em out. Then turn the building into the worlds biggest titty bar.
The UN has no jurisdiction here. And how many divisions of armies does the UN have?
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