'all I Want Is To See My Family': With Few In Mpp Granted Asylum, Migrants Become More Desperate

El Paso Times, El Paso Times
Sat, 11/16/2019 - 2:00pm

With just 0.1% of asylum claims granted in a new Trump administration program, some migrants have turned to illegal crossings out of desperation.

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