Asylum-seekers along Mexican border express hope with Biden in office
Adalia Reyes, an asylum-seeker from El Salvador, poses with a friend's child outside a Mass celebrated Jan. 9 in a tent camp for migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in Matamoros. Reyes said, out of desperation, she sent her two children unaccompanied to the United States, where they were reunited with their father. (CNS photo/David Agren)
David Agren, Catholic News Service
1/25/2021 9:12 AM
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Asylum-seekers pray during Mass at a tent camp along the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Jan. 9. The asylum-seekers are in a program where they must remain in Mexico while their cases are heard in U.S. courts. The election of Joe Biden has sparked some optimism their plight may be resolved soon, according to activists working with them. (CNS photo/David Agren)