Families escaping gang violence and persecution in Central America have undertaken a dangerous journey to seek safety in the United States. People who come to the border have left their home in search of safety, escaping conflict, violence and persecution. They have also been forced to take long and dangerous journeys to get there. But these policies will rob many asylum seekers of a fair chance to present their cases and leave them effectively stranded in northern Mexico, exposed to more dangers and without adequate food or housing.
Many people are traveling to the U.S. southern border to escape violence in the Central American countries of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. They are in urgent need of aid and protection. Gang violence is rampant in the region. Women and girls are specific targets, with violence leveraged as a method to control families with threats, punishments and extortion. It is considered one of the most dangerous regions in the world for women and members of the LGBTQI+ community, with one woman murdered every 6 hours in 2019.
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Imagine fleeing your home when it becomes no longer safe to live, traveling thousands of miles by motorcycle, boat, bus and on foot through several countries and a notoriously dangerous jungle, only to be told to turn around and go back.
Make a donation to ensure that International Help Center Foundation can continue to provide critical support to asylum seekers on both sides of the U.S. southern border. That includes providing transitional shelter, humanitarian assistance, medical care, legal orientation and travel coordination to more than 50,000 asylum seekers released from U.S. government detention in 2022 alone.
