1. Nuevas directivas de visas y denegación por temor.
El Departamento de Estado ha implementado una directiva que obliga a los solicitantes de visas de no inmigrante a declarar si temen regresar a sus países de origen, lo que resulta en una denegación automática si la respuesta es afirmativa.
- A new directive orders diplomatic missions to ask non-immigrant visa applicants if they fear going back to their country and refuse U.S. Travel documents for those who say yes.
- The State Department will now be required to ask visa applicants if they fear persecution in their home country and deny them if they say yes on the basis that it is inconsistent with the purpose of the visa.
2. Erosión del derecho al asilo y debido proceso.
Las políticas actuales han generado una crisis en el sistema de asilo, donde la presunción de miedo legítimo es utilizada como motivo para excluir a personas vulnerables, contraviniendo principios internacionales.
- Under international law America must protect asylum-seekers from deportation to countries where they fear persecution.
- If an alien subject to the expedited removal provisions indicates an intention to apply for asylum, or expresses a fear of persecution or torture, or a fear of return to his or her country, the inspecting officer shall not proceed further with removal.
3. Consecuencias psicológicas y sociales en las comunidades.
La incertidumbre legal y la amenaza constante de deportación han creado un clima de miedo generalizado que afecta la vida cotidiana, la salud mental y la integración de los refugiados y migrantes.
- Imagine living with the constant fear of being torn from your family at any moment. That's the reality asylum seekers might face now.
- People who are stuck waiting in the asylum system tell us that they are waking up in fear because of the barrage of hostility they face from this government.
- This change will strip survivors of the long-term stability they need to recover from trauma, leading to avoidable distress.
4. Deportaciones a terceros países y riesgos de seguridad.
La administración ha recurrido a la deportación hacia terceros países, exponiendo a los individuos a nuevos peligros y violando las protecciones legales otorgadas por jueces de inmigración.
- A gay asylum-seeker lives in constant fear after a 3rd-country deportation she is one of dozens of people confirmed to be deported from the U.S. By the Trump admin to 3rd countries.
- These are countries with no real asylum process and rampant human rights violations; the administration uses these removals to third countries to instill fear.