By Marie Lodi
On Monday, Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro visited a refugee camp in Matamoros, Mexico, and accompanied a group of LGBTQ and disabled migrants across the Brownsville International Bridge to petition for asylum. Castro was invited to visit the encampment by the Texas Civil Rights Project, a non-profit organization that provides migrants with pro-bono legal help. The group was told they would have their cases reviewed, but hours after, Castro tweeted that […]
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Secretary @JulianCastro's historic campaign continues to shine a light on communities that are too often forgotten and ignored.
LGBTQ and disabled asylum seekers won't be forgotten on Castro's campaign or in his administration. https://t.co/3cG5vpj4Ug
— Latino Victory (@latinovictoryus) October 8, 2019
This afternoon @JulianCastro is calling for the end of MPP pic.twitter.com/WY7b5WQfWm
— Reynaldo Leaños Jr. (@ReynaldoLeanos) October 7, 2019
UPDATE: hours after we were told LGBT and disabled asylum seekers would have their cases heard, they have been returned to Mexico.
By law, these migrants are supposed to be exempt from the Remain in Mexico policy—but @CBP had decided to ignore their due process. Outrageous. https://t.co/bLaThZMNFJ
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 7, 2019
Rey said that after he told the asylum officer he felt unsafe, he was told to go live in a Mexican City “where there are more gays.”
— Molly Hennessy-Fiske (@mollyhf) October 8, 2019
All of the LGBTQ people in Matamoros I've spoken to report being threatened and discriminated against.
DHS says it makes case-by-case exceptions for "vulnerable" migrants forced back to Mexico. In practice, that almost never happens. https://t.co/dZUTuB1DRt
— Noah Lanard (@nlanard) October 7, 2019