The U.S. is deporting Nicaraguan asylum seekers

Published: Sept. 4, 2020, 8:15 p.m.

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The story of a Nicaraguan dissident who \\u2014 in fear for his life and his family\\u2019s \\u2014 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 \\u201cshocking,\\u201d says Post correspondent Kevin Sieff. \\u201cTo them and to basically anyone who follows immigration law.\\u201d 

After the Post published this article, Congress members wrote to President Trump, demanding Nicaraguan asylum seekers be allowed to apply. 

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