By Hussam Ayloush – published in Muslim Matter
After 20 years as a civil rights activist, I was detained for the first time – on International Human Rights Day, Dec. 10 – along with 31 other faith leaders and human rights activists.
We were less than 30 yards away from the U.S.-Mexico border, where on the other side, as many as 6,000 asylum-seekers await the Trump administration to comply with federal and international law and process their claims. Instead, these asylum-seekers have been met with tear gas, pepper spray and dehumanizing rhetoric from the president.
Read More: https://muslimmatters.org/2019/01/03/why-i-protested-at-the-u-s-mexico-border-and-got-arrested/