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June 21, 2021

Hugs Not Walls: Separated Families Briefly Reunite at U.S.-Mexico Border
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Nearly 200 separated families met along the U.S.-Mexico border Saturday
for the eighth annual "Hugs Not Walls." The event allows Mexican
nationals with irregular immigration status the opportunity to briefly
leave the U.S. to embrace their family members in Mexico. Jaqueline Sosa
had not seen her sister and nephew for three years.

Jacqueline Sosa: "I didn't tell her much. I just hugged her, and that's
all. I hugged her and told her that I loved her very much and loved them
very much."

The groups Border Network for Human Rights and Reform Immigration for
Texas Alliance host the annual action, which highlights the ongoing
devastation caused by inhumane immigration policies.


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