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Asylum

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CBP turned away asylum seekers, claiming they didn’t have room for them. It often wasn’t true.

by Robert Moore September 28, 2021September 28, 2021

On a 105-degree-day in early June 2018, three Guatemalans were stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the top of a bridge linking El Paso and Ciudad Juárez and told they would not be allowed to request an opportunity to legally stay in the United States. “Right now we cannot process them. This […]

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Opinion: Even with Biden, our asylum system remains under threat

by Special to El Paso Matters August 4, 2021June 16, 2022
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‘You have your client’s life in your hands’: The high hurdles migrants must clear to be granted asylum

by Puente News Collaborative May 28, 2021May 27, 2021
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Juárez shelter for trans women closes as U.S. relaxes some asylum barriers

by Angela Kocherga May 13, 2021March 19, 2022
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From asylum to visa: know your immigration vocabulary

by René Kladzyk April 27, 2021April 29, 2021
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The family that transgender asylum seekers built

by Special to El Paso Matters March 26, 2021March 26, 2021
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Criminalizing migration is part of an effort to end asylum

by Special to El Paso Matters September 3, 2020June 16, 2022
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In visit to Juárez, El Paso Bishop Seitz criticizes mounting restrictions on U.S. asylum

by Angela Kocherga June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
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ICE will free an asylum seeker it has force-fed for 3 months in El Paso

by Robert Moore March 10, 2020March 15, 2020

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