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No Outside Observers Allowed in Tent Courts for Migrants Waiting in Mexico

Associated Press

   HOUSTON - Outside observers will not be allowed without permission
   inside tent courts in South Texas where the Trump administration is
   processing thousands of migrants forced to wait in Mexico, U.S.
   officials said Wednesday.

   The first hearings under the so-called "Remain in Mexico" program began
   Wednesday in Laredo, Texas. A small number of migrants will have
   hearings before the tents in Laredo and Brownsville officially open
   next week.

   The "Remain" program, which the U.S. ramped up this summer with
   Mexico's cooperation, has been credited by American officials with
   driving down the number of migrant apprehensions at the southern
   border, a key goal of President Donald Trump. But immigration advocates
   say they're concerned people seeking asylum and other migrants will be
   denied fair hearings.

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