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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Get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN.
..... Where was their almighty moral concern when the Border Patrol was firing Tear Gas literally every month upon Migrants at the border .... During the Obama Administration?
..... Where is their consistency in their outrage .... Apparently it's only outrageous when there is an Orange Haired President running the country ...
Or as Occasional Cortex would tell you, the 3rd CHAMBER of American govt.
Put your blue helmets on and make us...
U.S. out of the U.N. NOW.
U.N. out of the U.S. NOW.
Then take them. But, its not happening here.
Btw, a hunger strike is taking place tomorrow and a protest. I suppose when the tantrum failed (trying to bum rush the border) now they need to go this route.
Agree. Hundreds are still coming into Tijuana daily. Even today. But, they are moving them to a new location cation 11 miles away from the border in the middle of gang territory. The leaders of the caravan will no longer get the attention they are looking for. No one will go there.
The UN can affirm all it wants.
The US enforces its own laws.
I see where the UN is call for one world government in the next 12 years. What a joke. The UN is nothing but an islamic socialist front organization.
I want to see their army go up against ours
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Our army is their army. We should withdraw or participation in that cesspool of socialism and dictatorships. We gain nothing at this point. In fact we give it power and credibility it doesn’t really have. If we pulled out they would cease to exist in 5 years or less.
We have never disputed that point.
Each of those people are allowed to seek asylum in the USA.
They need to return to their home countries and apply at our embassy/consulate according to our laws. Then their application can be considered.
Until they do that they are prospective invaders (enemies) not asylum seekers
Blue helmets make great targets.
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