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Disappearing asylum protections for migrant families at border test Biden

By Mica Rosenberg, Reuters Posted on August 12, 2021
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Melissa Pinedo, a 27-year-old single mother from Guatemala, has been living in a tent in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from Texas for weeks trying to find someone to call about a fast-closing window for seeking U.S. asylum.

“There are numbers of lawyers that are circulating, but no one answers. They are overwhelmed,” she said in a phone interview.

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Disappearing asylum protections for migrant families at border test Biden

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