Guatemala to Become a Third Country for Refugees, Removing Legal Claim for Refugee Status in USA

[JimBowie1958]

I was wondering how long this would take, though I expected Mexico to do it instead of Guatemala.

Any refugee that passes through Guatemala to the USA can be denied sanctuary legally because they did not accept sanctuary in Guatemala.

Report: Guatemala May Build 'Legal Wall' Against Migrants | Breitbart

The Guatemala deal would create a legal wall on the U.S. border that would prevent migrants from asking for asylum or getting released into the United States, according to the outlet:

According to a draft of the agreement, which The New Yorker has obtained, asylum seekers from any country who either show up at U.S. ports of entry or are apprehended while crossing between ports of entry could be sent to seek asylum in Guatemala instead … Under this new arrangement, most of these migrants will no longer have a chance to make an asylum claim in the U.S. at all. “We’re talking about something much bigger than what the term ‘safe third country’ implies,” someone with knowledge of the deal told me. “We’re talking about a kind of transfer agreement where the U.S. can send any asylum seekers, not just Central Americans, to Guatemala.”​

Pro-migration advocates are appalled because they are concerned the agreement might effectively bar the catch and release of the many economic migrants who ask for asylum at the U.S. border.​

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Good move. Trump in action again.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

All fraudugees might be sent to Guatemala to wait for processing. Australia has an island they use to hold invaders. If they don't like it they can always go home.

 

[toobfreak]

Good move. Trump in action again.

I call it THE TRUMP EFFECT: