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"That statement (Jeff Session) was
countered by Amnesty International Tuesday morning, which pointed out that 'seeking asylum is not a crime in the USA or anywhere.'
"'The efforts of US officials to tarnish asylum seekers as criminals are cynical fabrications that ring hollow,' the statement said, attributing the comment to Erika Guevara Rosas, the group's Americas director.
"Officials of
Pueblos Sin Fronteras, the volunteer group that organized the caravan, have said throughout the journey that migrants have the right to ask the US for asylum and that the United States must grant them the opportunity to do so.
"Tristan Call, an organizer with Pueblos Sin Fronteras, said the US is trying to punish people who have a right to ask for asylum."
The asylum seekers are fleeing violence in their home countries that has a strong connection to US foreign policy; they are political refugees who have a legal right to be here.
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