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Headline Roundup September 26th, 2019

Honduras Will Accept More Asylum Seekers

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Under a new U.S.-Honduras immigration deal, the Central American country will accept more migrants who seek asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. This is part of the 'safe third country' policy that the Trump administration has implemented to curb an influx of Central American migrants. The deal with Honduras is similar to others made with El Salvador last week and Guatemala in July; numerous lawsuits have targeted these policies, but they continue to be enforced as legal disputes continue. Some left-leaning voices have rebuked the Supreme Court ruling, saying the justices have compromised the lives of thousands of refugees. Some on the right lauded the policy as a supposedly humane solution to undocumented immigration; others remain critical of Trump's handling of immigration.

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Honduras to accept more asylum seekers under latest U.S. immigration deal
Honduras to accept more asylum seekers under latest U.S. immigration deal

Reuters

News

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Honduras signed a deal with the U.S. government on Wednesday that could push migrants who cross the country on the way to the United States back to seek asylum, in the latest bilateral deal with Central American countries aimed at curbing migration.

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Build the Wall but Let More People Through the Doors
Opinion

What ever became of those caravans? Not long ago, the media was saturated with reports of Central American migrants headed for the U.S. border with Mexico. Did they disband or did the press lose interest?

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Migrants on the Front Lines of Global Class War
Migrants on the Front Lines of Global Class War

Jacobin

Opinion

The Supreme Court recently jeopardized the asylum claims of tens of thousands of Central American, Caribbean, African, and Asian migrants. Itโ€™s the latest in an escalating effort to fence off the US from the worldโ€™s poor โ€” at a time when, more than ever, we should be letting them in.

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