Report: U.S. Immigrant Detentions, Rights Abuse Claims Rise

VOANews: Report: U.S. Immigrant Detentions, Rights Abuse Claims Rise


The number of undocumented immigrants being detained in the United States is growing, and they are being held for longer periods of time without being afforded legal protections given to criminals. This is the finding of a recent report issued by an immigration advocacy group. As VOA's Brian Padden reports, detention efforts have further expanded under President Donald Trump, raising concerns among immigrant rights groups.

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VOANews: Family, With Young Children, Successfully Crosses Tijuana Border Fence After First Failed Attempt

A family with their young baby and toddlers successfully climbed over a border fence in Tijuana on Friday, Dec. 14, after a first failed attempt earlier in the day, as many grow restless in shelters south of the border to get their asylum claims to U.S. authorities. It is not clear whether they were later stopped by border patrol agents as they disappeared into the evening. A fence, where dozens of migrants have been seen crossing, was reinforced.


VOANews: Father, Baby Detained After Climbing Tijuana Border Fence

A family with their young baby climbed over a border fence in Tijuana on Thursday, Dec. 13, as many grow restless in shelters south of the border to get their asylum claims to U.S. authorities.
But these migrants do not get far after they jump the fence. There are a series of fences along the international line patrolled by U.S. border patrol officials, with these migrants detained by officers. Mexican officials have said as many as 1,000 individuals from the caravan of Central American migrants have hopped or otherwise skirted fences to reach the U.S. since they arrived to the border city of Tijuana. (Reuters).


VOANews: U.S. Border Patrol Detains Migrants Climbing Border Fence at Tijuana

A group of Central American migrants climbed over a border fence in Tijuana on Wednesday, Dec. 12, as many grow restless in shelters south of the border to get their asylum claims to U.S. authorities. But they do not get far after they jump the fence. There are a series of fences along the international line patrolled by U.S. border patrol officials, with these migrants detained by officers. Some migrants are jumping the fence to turn themselves over to authorities with the belief that they could start the asylum process quicker. (Reuters).


VOANews: Migrants March to U.S. Consulate to Speed Asylum Process

About 100 demonstrators marched from a Mexican immigration office to the United States consulate in Tijuana on Tuesday, where Mexican federal police in riot gear blocked the street and prevented them from getting close. Pueblo Sin Fronteras leader Irineo Mujica said he was allowed to deliver a letter to a consular official asking that the U.S. increase the number of asylum claims at the San Ysidro crossing. The U.S. government is currently processing about 100 asylum requests a day at the San Ysidro crossing, the US' busiest.