US denies right to asylum - World Socialist Web Site
▻https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/05/03/pers-m03.html
Under direct orders from President Donald Trump, US immigration officials have refused to accept the asylum applications of nearly 200 immigrants escaping violence, war and poverty in Central America, forcing them to set up an impromptu encampment on the San Diego-Tijuana border.
The caravan of asylum seekers comprises Hondurans, El Salvadorans and Guatemalans who began their perilous 3,000-mile trek on March 25.
The Trump administration has employed fascistic language in an effort to scapegoat and threaten the caravan, an annual pilgrimage carried out to highlight the desperate plight of Central American refugees. On April 4, after claiming that “our country is being stolen” because asylum seekers “take advantage of” the US, Trump ordered states to deploy the National Guard. The caravan “had better be stopped,” he threatened. To date, the Trump administration has allowed only a small fraction of the group to file asylum applications.