LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) Five years ago, Alexis Llanos and his family fled Venezuela for Colombia, escaping death threats and political persecution. The fami
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. (AP) Five years ago, Alexis Llanos and his family fled Venezuela for Colombia, escaping death threats and political persecution. The family then planned to make the dangerous and deadly journey north, through the Darien jungle leading through Panama, with hopes of eventually crossing illegally into the United States.
So far, 3,000 refugees have arrived in the U.S., and 9,000 have been approved under the Biden administration s new "safe mobility offices," set up in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Guatemala beginning in the fall.
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