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Olympia, Washington on November 20, 2015. \n\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022figure__credit\u0022\u003E\u00a9 2015 Reuters\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n \u003C\/figure\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDonald Trump has repeatedly urged banning all Syrian refugees on security grounds, saying, \u201cWe cannot let them into this country, period.\u201d Beyond calling for bans on Syrian refugees and immigrants coming from countries plagued by \u201cradical Islamic terrorism,\u201d Trump\u2019s immigration policy document calls for \u201cincrease[d] standards for the admission of refugees and asylum seekers to crack down on abuses.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EWhether they come from Syria or Congo, Central America or China, people fleeing persecution should get a fair hearing. Governments should not prevent asylum seekers from reaching safe places where their claims can be fairly examined.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EUnfortunately, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/report\/2014\/10\/16\/you-dont-have-rights-here\/us-border-screening-and-returns-central-americans-risk\u0022\u003Eour research\u003C\/a\u003E has shown that the US has failed to take adequate steps to identify people seeking protection at the US-Mexico border and has \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2016\/03\/31\/mexico-asylum-elusive-migrant-children\u0022\u003Epressured Mexico\u003C\/a\u003E to prevent Central Americans from reaching the US. Neither candidate has indicated a clear commitment to abandon this approach. 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