https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/08/world/americas/mexico-asylum.html
Migrants crossing the Rio Bravo at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in March, trying to request asylum from U.S. Border Patrol agents.Credit.Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times
With U.S. Asylum System Closed to Many, Some Find Sanctuary in Mexico
A record number of people petitioned for asylum in Mexico last month, drawn by family ties and high approval rates and discouraged by the difficulty of getting into the U.S.
Migrants crossing the Rio Bravo at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico in March, trying to request asylum from U.S. Border Patrol agents.Credit.Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times
The Biden administration apprehended more than 170,000 migrants at the southwest border in March, the most in any month for at least 15 years and up nearly 70 percent from February, as thousands of children remained backed up in detention facilities and border agents released an increasing number of migrant families into the United States, government documents obtained by The New York Times show.
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