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March 20, 2019

Asylum Seekers Waiting in Mexico Return to U.S. for Hearings
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In more immigration news, asylum seekers who were sent back to Mexico by
the Trump administration while they awaited legal proceedings returned
to the U.S. Tuesday for their first hearings. Lawyers for the migrants
are requesting their clients be allowed to remain in the U.S. while
their cases proceed. This is attorney Robyn Barnard from the group Human
Rights First.

Robyn Barnard: "We have evidence about the dangers that asylum seekers
and refugees face in Mexico, in this part of Mexico, as well, so we plan
to present that to the judge and to the government today to say that's
the reason why they shouldn't be sent back to fight their case from
Tijuana."

According to U.S. officials, around 240 migrants who entered the U.S.
since late January have been sent back to Mexico under the controversial
policy as their asylum requests are processed.


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