The call for prompt deportation of these children by the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton breaches due process and international human rights standards, as does the minors detention. In the short term, children and their families must be reunited in the U.S. and receive asylum instead of being deported to known dangers. President Obama must rescind policy to fast-track deportation proceedings. In the long term, civil society must urge elected officials in the U.S. and Central America to reverse CAFTA and acknowledge as fact that this policy and others have pushed marginalized youth, women, LGBT, and dispossessed populations to migrate under life-threatening conditions. Security solutions must be led by civil society, human rights and public health experts -- starting with an end to failed U.S. drug war programs such as CARSI.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:07:36 +0000
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