Migrants arrived in La Joya, Texas — one citing 'socio-political turmoil' as a reason for leaving Nicaragua. The Southern Poverty Law Center is calling for increased protections for those fleeing their home countries.
PUBLISHED 5:51 PM CDT Jun. 23, 2022LA JOYA, Texas — Under the scorching Texas sun with temperatures right at 100 degrees in La Joya, Texas, a U.S. Border Patrol supervisor displays empathy for asylum seekers who just crossed the dangerous water of the Rio Grande to arrive on American soil.
Last week, The United Nations Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet issued a damning report on Nicaragua’s deteriorating human rights situation. She told the U.N. Human Right Council in Geneva, Switzerland, unprecedented numbers of people are fleeing the Central American country because of the ongoing socio-political, economic and human rights crises in Nicaragua under the dictator Daniel Ortega.
SPLC reports, “In 2022, more than 100 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced by persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations and extreme poverty."
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