Virginia, an 18-year-old from Guatemala who is seeking asylum in the United Stat...
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico/SAN FRANCISCO - Virginia, an 18-year-old from Guatemala who is seeking asylum in the United States, had just one form of identification on her long journey north: her birth certificate.
Ciudad Juarez officials and migrant attorneys say many asylum seekers are in a position similar to Virginia’s, left with no identification because U.S. officials confiscated their documents before sending them back to Mexico. Without IDs, they say, it can be hard for migrants to find work in Mexico, receive money from their families or even return home.
The return of migrants to Mexico results from a recent Trump administration policy called Migrant Protection Protocols that has forced thousands of Central Americans to wait south of the border while their asylum cases are pending. About 3,400 people have been returned to Ciudad Juarez under MPP since March, when the MPP program started there.
Valenzuela added that city officials took up the issue with U.S. authorities earlier this month and that the problem seemed to have improved in recent days. He did not provide details of the discussions. DHS declined to comment. U.S.-based immigration lawyers say failing to return documents has been a longstanding problem among migrants released into the United States or deported back to their home countries. But the attorneys say the issue is more worrisome in the context of the MPP program, because asylum seekers are waiting in a third country and are more vulnerable to arrest and detention. DHS officials did not comment on the issue.
The father told the Mexican authorities that her birth certificate remained in the hands of U.S. immigration officials, Pinal and another city official briefed on the matter said.
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