All posts related to migration issues and migrants’ rights
Being a young person in El Salvador is not an easy thing. Several CRIPDES regionals report of scholarship recipients who have told them they will no longer be part of the programs because they decided to migrate, either because they see no job opportunities, or due to violence or harassment either by gangs or by […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) “The U.S. detained and expelled five times more Salvadorans in 2021 than in 2020,” ElSalvador.com reported earlier this year. Not even the COVID pandemic stopped the flow of people into the United States. The migrations project funded by Cornell and with the participation of a team from the University of Ithaca […]
Diario Co-Latino reports: The Human Rights Office “Dra. María Julia Hernández ”denounced the serious Human Rights violations suffered by Salvadorans, who in the context of the coronavirus pandemic, are transported without sanitary control and under inhumane conditions, especially those deported from the United States and Mexico. “We want to express our concern for migrants who […]
(ORIGINAL EN ESPAÑOL AQUÍ) The U.S. Government notified Congress that it plans to include El Salvador in an additional aid package for $252 million, which also includes Guatemala and Honduras, with funds that will help boost their economies amid the pandemic of COVID-19. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced today in a press release […]
El Diario de Hoy had access to a U.S. State Department report that certifies that El Salvador is subject to receive cooperation from the United States for meeting certain criteria. However, it makes harsh accusations to the Nayib Bukele government for weakening democracy, the rule of law and institutionality. “The administration of the President of […]
Call your representative to demand the release of asylum seekers from detention. Unlike many other countries, the US puts people in prison when they come to the border seeking safety. Now these crowded prisons could lead to disease and the deaths of thousands of people waiting to be processed by Immigration. This is an injustice! […]
One thing you can do immediately to protect the most vulnerable immigrants and to protect us all. We face a dire threat from the Covid-19 pandemic gathering speed rapidly. There is no over-estimating the severity and extent of the danger. All of us are at risk. The most vulnerable sectors of our population are at […]
By El Salvador staff Some people in the U.S. get angry when they learn that people have entered illegally to their country and they wonder why these migrants can’t follow the “proper legal procedure”. Some people don’t even know that Family Preference Green Cards processing can take from 1 to 10 years depending on […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) John Sandweg, former acting director of ICE, or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during the Obama administration talked with DemocracyNow! about the situation with migrants currently detained and facing the threat of COVID19. Alarm is growing about the safety of more than 37,000 people held in immigrant detention centers and private jails […]
(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) Yesterday, Sister Cities had the opportunity to facilitate a call between Carina Bandhauer’s students at the Western Connectitut State University and young members of Zaragoza Youth Connection (Conexión Juvenil Zaragoza), a group coordinated by Eduardo Jiménez of CRIPDES Sur. In the conversation, the participants were able to share about the situation […]