88% of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees suffered sexual and gender-based violence in their countries of origin, according to UNHCR. Their trauma is perpetuated by this policy.
The border wall extending into the ocean at Friendship Park at the border of the United States and Mexico.
According to the ACLU, there have been numerous incidents of asylum seekers being robbed, kidnapped, extorted, or murdered when they are returned to Mexico. Additionally, they are mostly living in squalid conditions without access to adequate shelter, food, safe drinking water, or health care, and with no real means of finding employment.
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