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The U.S. is deporting Nicaraguan asylum seekers
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The story of a Nicaraguan dissident who — in fear for his life and his family’s — sought asylum at the border. U.S. officials sent him back instead.
Moises Alberto Ortega Valdivia is a political dissident from Nicaragua who sought asylum in the U.S. He was denied that right. What happened next at the border was “shocking,” says Post correspondent Kevin Sieff. “To them and to basically anyone who follows immigration law.”
After the Post published this article, Congress members wrote to President Trump, demanding Nicaraguan asylum seekers be allowed to apply.
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