Trump Is Poised to Sign a Radical Agreement to Send Future Asylum Seekers to Guatemala, by Jonathan Blitzer

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"Early next week Trump is expected to announce a major immigration deal, known as a safe-third-country agreement, with Guatemala. According to a draft of the agreement obtained by The New Yorker, asylum seekers from any country who either show up at U.S. ports of entry or are apprehended while crossing between ports of entry could be sent to seek asylum in Guatemala. It is expected to be signed next week and which raises questions about how Guatemala will cope with an influx of migrants seeking asylum."

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)