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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do they need asylum from Ecuador?[/quote]

Political persecution and gang violence.

https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2025-12-09/ecuadorian-familys-path-asylum-hangs-balance

[quote]The sounds of explosions rock the living room of a small Burlington apartment as Alex and his wife and their 10-year-old son watch their television.

The video, taken a couple days prior, captures scenes of violence erupting in the family’s hometown of Otavalo, Ecuador.

“This is a neighbor who was shot, and he ended up dying,” Alex said through an interpreter. “You can see the bullet wound.”

Indigenous Ecuadorians are in the midst of a nationwide protest against rising fuel prices and government persecution. Ecuador’s president has in turn deployed the military to towns such as Otavalo, where international humanitarian groups have condemned the use of excessive force on peaceful demonstrators.[/quote]

[quote]“The government is actively attacking indigenous people, is actively mistreating people,” Alex said. “There’s huge discrimination.”

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Fear of their own government isn’t the only reason they came to the U.S. Alex was also targeted by members of a local organized crime syndicate. A scar on the right side of his neck is a permanent reminder of the experience.

“I was threatened, I was beaten, I was tortured,” he told Vermont Public, which isn’t using his last name because his immigration status puts him at risk of deportation. “The gang made demands and made clear that if I didn’t do what they wanted, they would kill me. That they would kill my family, the one thing I love the most.”[/quote][/quote]

We have political persecution and gang violence right here in the US.

Why is an Ecuadoran national any safer here in the US than in Ecuador? They aren’t. So why would you want them here?

Under international law, asylum is sought in the first adjacent country a person can flee to. How many countries in Central America does one need to pass through/over/around in order to get to the US? 4? 6?

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