Cedar Attanasio, Elliot Spagat and Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press Updated 11:34 am PDT, Monday, May 13, 2019 In this April 29, 2019, photo, Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the border. Burgeoning numbers of Cubans are trying to get into the U.S. by way of the Mexican border, creating a big backlog of people waiting on the Mexican side for months for their chance to apply for asylum. less In this April 29, 2019, photo, Cuban migrants are escorted by Mexican immigration officials in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on ... more Photo: Christian Torres, AP … [Read more...] about Burgeoning numbers of Cubans trying to enter US via Mexico
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US asylum limits spawn mishmash wait systems in Mexico
Elliot Spagat, Nomaan Merchant and Patricio Espinoza, Associated Press Updated 9:17 am PDT, Thursday, May 9, 2019 In this April 29, 2019, photo, Cuban migrants are escorted in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, by Mexican immigration officials as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on the U.S. side of the border. U.S. authorities have been telling asylum seekers that they are at capacity and to return when space opens up, a hands-off approach that has created haphazard and often-dubious arrangements in Mexico. less In this April 29, 2019, photo, Cuban migrants are escorted in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, by Mexican immigration officials as they cross the Paso del Norte International bridge to be processed as asylum seekers on ... more Photo: Christian Torres, AP … [Read more...] about US asylum limits spawn mishmash wait systems in Mexico
At Texas border, tech can’t keep pace with immigrant influx
It had all the makings of an old-fashioned Texas standoff.Hundreds of state troopers and US Border Patrol agents sat behind the wheels of black SUVs and green-and-white pickups facing the Rio Grande, their eyes fixed on the jade-colored water. A helicopter buzzed low overhead, winding along the bends of the river, while agents in a swamp boat cruised below. Four men, wearing army green uniforms and cowboy hats, rode horses up the shore, guns at the ready.It was a quiet February morning, and all these law enforcement officers in Eagle Pass, a small Texas border town about a seven-and-a-half hour drive southeast of El Paso, were waiting for one thing: immigrants.Across the river, in the Mexican city of Piedras Negras, a caravan of about 1,800 Central American immigrants, including families with young children, had arrived at the start of the month -- the first such caravan to make it to the Texas border. They had trekked more than 1,500 miles to ask the United States government for … [Read more...] about At Texas border, tech can’t keep pace with immigrant influx
AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s murky claims on weather, shutdown
Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Updated 9:14 pm PST, Sunday, January 20, 2019 President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., for the four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria. less President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019, after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., for the four Americans ... more Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Image 1 of 5 President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s murky claims on weather, shutdown
AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the wall, drugs, Russia, vets
Hope Yen and Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Updated 3:34 pm PST, Saturday, January 19, 2019 President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019. Photo: Alex Brandon, AP Photo: Alex Brandon, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 President Donald Trump pauses while speaking about the partial government shutdown, immigration and border security in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, in Washington, … [Read more...] about AP FACT CHECK: Trump on the wall, drugs, Russia, vets