CHC: Deporting Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala is cruel, illegal

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus has condemned the Trump Administration for its plans to send Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala as part of a bilateral agreement between the Department of Homeland Security and the Guatemalan Government.

Meanwhile, Castro and Congressman Filemon Vela of Brownsville have announced they will lead a congressional delegation to Brownsville and Matamoros to investigate the impacts of the Trump Administration's Remain in Mexico policy and the use of tent court facilities to adjudicate Remain in Mexico asylum cases.

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) among the members of Congress planning to take the trip to Brownsville and Matamoros.