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September 23, 2019

Honduran Woman and 21-Month-Old Son Die While Attempting to Reach U.S.
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A Honduran mother and her 21-month-old toddler died last week while
trying to cross the Rio Grande into the United States to apply for
asylum. Idalia Herrera and her toddler, Iker Cordova, had recently
entered the United States to apply for asylum, but they were forced to
wait in the border city of Matamoros, Mexico, for their immigration
hearing as part of Trump's contested "Remain in Mexico" policy. CNN
reports that Herrera grew desperate as weeks passed and her day in court
never came.


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