Guatemalan activists protest migrant asylum pact with US

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan activist groups are protesting an agreement that President Jimmy Morales signed with Washington to require migrants passing through the Central American country to seek asylum there, rather than pushing on to the U.S.
Human rights activist Brenda Hernández is one of the organizers of a protest march planned for Saturday. She says Guatemala can barely take care of its own people, much less shelter vulnerable migrants.
In her words, “Guatemala do