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October 11, 2019

Asylum Seekers Protest "Remain in Mexico" Policy on Brownsville Bridge
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Hundreds of asylum seekers who have been blocked from entering the
United States under Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy shut down the busy
international bridge between Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas,
for 15 hours Thursday. The hundreds of migrants, including families with
children, were protesting the dangerous and filthy conditions in which
they're forced to live as they await their asylum hearings in the United
States. Late Thursday afternoon, Customs and Border Protection officers
fired smoke bombs at the protesters.


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