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By: Erin Sheridan November 24, 2019February 15, 2020
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Photos from a visit to camps of asylum seekers living in Matamoros, Mexico on November 18.

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Attorneys Say Asylum Seekers At The U.S./Mexico Border Are Being Misclassified Under MPP
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“Over the weekend, Zavala spoke with a woman who “Over the weekend, Zavala spoke with a woman whose son had a broken arm. They were staying at Alberca Chavez, a shelter operated by the UN’s International Organization for Migration in Matamoros. ‘I asked her if there had been anyone with MPP leaving on the buses. She said yes,’ Zavala said. ‘She told me they’re making conditions really uncomfortable at the shelters. They’re pressuring them daily to sign up to get on the buses. She said once you sign up and you’ve changed your mind, you still have to go. She estimated 50 people have left from the shelter on those buses.’” Link in bio.
Sam Bishop, Project Coordinator with Global Respon Sam Bishop, Project Coordinator with Global Response Management in Matamoros, explained that space is limited and so doctors won’t be able to isolate patients completely. The team is working to build a 20-bed field hospital by the end of the month. Bishop said staff expects hospitals in Matamoros to be filled to capacity, while doctors and attorneys will no longer be able to cross asylum seekers seeking emergency care into the United States. GRM’s Executive Director Helen Perry said on Thursday that staff met with local public health officials and learned the city of nearly 500,000 residents has access to only 10 ventilators and 40 ICU beds. “We’re prepared for the reality that it’s going to hit the camp really, really hard and really, really quickly. We’re going to work with the Mexican healthcare system. But because we can’t fully rely on them, we’re building as much extra capacity as we can,” Bishop said. Link in bio.
“As The Border Closes, Rio Grande Valley-Based A “As The Border Closes, Rio Grande Valley-Based Aid Workers Prepare For A Crisis”: The coordinator of Lawyers For Good Government’s Matamoros-based Project Corazon, Charlene D’Cruz, said she suspects asylum seekers won’t be able to apply for asylum at the bridge, as clients were already being denied the opportunity to properly do so by Mexican migration. CBP officers have been stationed at the international line since June 2018, barring anyone without documents from entering ports to claim asylum. Asylum seekers who wish to begin the process must rely on officials with Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Migración (INM), who coordinate with U.S. immigration officials across the bridge. “I know that people were trying to get on the list and Mexican immigration wasn’t helping them. I know for a fact that a Nicaraguan woman tried to get on the list – she didn’t even go up on the bridge. She tried to do it the right way. She was told, ‘Go marry a Mexican man.’” Link in bio.
A 60-year-old woman seeking asylum had an asthma a A 60-year-old woman seeking asylum had an asthma attack at the international line on the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday. Photographs posted by the woman’s attorney on Facebook showed her collapsed on the ground as officers on the U.S. side filmed the incident on a cell phone. During Thursday’s asthma attack, officers allegedly declined to assist while the woman laid on the ground several feet in front of them, as she was in Mexico. “The doctors from the camp came and took her back. CBP did not let her enter,” her attorney said in a phone call.
Deportees Flown Out Of Brownsville, Texas Airport. Deportees Flown Out Of Brownsville, Texas Airport. Feb. 14, 2020. Photos by @denisecatheyphoto for @brownsvilleherald.
CBP Returns Four Disabled Children To Mexico Despi CBP Returns Four Disabled Children To Mexico Despite MPP's 'Vulnerability Exception'
Attorney Charlene D’Cruz in her office at the Re Attorney Charlene D’Cruz in her office at the Resource Center in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico on Feb. 3, 2020. She spent the morning trying to parole a blind asylum seeker from Cuba who was returned to Mexico by Customs and Border Protection in violation of a ‘vulnerability exception’ for asylum seekers with known mental and physical health issues included in the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP, ‘Remain in Mexico’ program). Yodalys, 52, has toxoplasmosis and epilepsy. She was paroled into the U.S. later that evening after five attempts.
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“‘We’ve been waiting 40, 50 minutes for a su “‘We’ve been waiting 40, 50 minutes for a supervisor,’ he said. ‘He’s hiding in that room down there because he doesn’t even want to come down here and talk to the head of the Hispanic Caucus, much less give a damn about the mothers here with three babies who have every legal right to be in this country.’”
“D’Cruz later confirmed that the Salvadoran fa “D’Cruz later confirmed that the Salvadoran family had been paroled to family sponsors in the United States. As of press time, she was still waiting to hear from the three other families, who were taken into the checkpoint for processing. ‘I don’t trust CBP, so we’ll see what happens,’ she said.”
“The group waited an hour for a supervisor to sh “The group waited an hour for a supervisor to show up. Port Director Tater Ortiz, who D’Cruz said she hasn’t been able to contact in recent weeks, showed up no less than three minutes after U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, began pressuring officials.”
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“This is a mess. The only way to undo the mess i “This is a mess. The only way to undo the mess is to do each single thing over and over again until we make a dent. And really, we have to pull out all the stops. We’re getting hit with everything in the government’s arsenal. We’re such few lawyers.” Link in bio.
“They’ve placed us in a position where we have “They’ve placed us in a position where we have to be strategic about who we present at the bridge and when we call the media to put pressure on CBP. Why is it that my patient with ovarian cancer gets to cross, but my patient with stomach cancer can’t? It’s heart-wrenching.”
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