- Title: American expats protest treatment of migrants at Mexico City's U.S. embassy
- Date: 13th July 2019
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (JULY 12, 2019) (REUTERS) U.S. EXPATS AT PROTEST CHANTING AGAINST AMERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY PLACARD THAT READS, "THE GOP PUTS KIDS IN CAGES. REMEMBER THAT IN 2020" PROTESTER HOLDING CANDLE AS PART OF VIGIL U.S. EXPATS WITH CANDLES FOR VIGIL AMERICAN PROTESTER AMERICAN PROTESTER HOLDING PLACARD PROTESTERS GATHERED PLACARD THAT READS, "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN" U.S. EXPAT CHANTING "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL" IN SPANISH PROTESTERS GATHERED AND CHANTING "NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL" IN SPANISH (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN PROTESTER OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, LORI DIANA SMITH, SAYING: "We want the detention centres to be closed, migrants should not be treated in this way, as criminals. Among the Democratic party there is some disagreement but some candidates have proposed the decriminalisation of migrants for example, which would then make it illegal to detain migrants." CHILDREN JOINING PROTESTERS FOR VIGIL VARIOUS OF CHILDREN WITH PROTESTERS FOR VIGIL (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMERICAN PROTESTER OUTSIDE U.S. EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY, ELIZABETH O'CONNOR, SAYING: "I think that what this administration is doing right now and the policy, this hardline policy that they have at the border right now just does not represent what the majority of Americans want. And I think it's sad and I think it's tragic." VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING "ABOLISH I.C.E" PLACARD THAT READS, "DEPORT RACISM" (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN CITIZEN WITH U.S. RESIDENCY, RICARDO BARONA, SAYING: "The best support that we can give is solidarity, to have faith in God that this is going to change. I hope that the American community realises what they are doing because this is ignorance." CHILDREN HOLDING CANDLES AT PROTEST FOR VIGIL PROTESTERS GATHERED U.S. FLAG HANGING FROM EMBASSY BUILDING EXTERIOR OF EMBASSY
- Embargoed: 27th July 2019 19:08
- Keywords: American expats Mexico Mexico City protest treatment migrants detention centres U.S. embassy
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001ANM3A6F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: American expats joined Mexicans outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City to protest the treatment of migrants in detention centres on Friday (July 12).
The protest comes after a government watchdog found "dangerous overcrowding" and "standing-room-only conditions" at a border patrol facility in Texas.
U.S. officials say they have been overwhelmed by tens of thousands of mostly Central Americans crossing into the United States and turning themselves over to border agents.
Protesters are calling for a more humane immigration system in the United States and to end the automatic detention of migrants.
President Donald Trump has responded to renewed criticism over his handling of the migrant crisis on the U.S.- Mexico border by writing on Twitter that if immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centres should be told "not to come."
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