'I don’t know how we’re going to be able to afford to stay in Juárez for that long,' a father of three said. 'It’s dangerous here for migrants.'
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — I. Borrales felt stuck. He was nearly $4,000 in debt in a foreign country, and worried about feeding his family back at home. The first chance to plead his case in court was nearly nine months away.
Confused about what was happening and with the prospect of being sent back to Mexico, Borrales asked for an attorney, hoping to fight the action under the Trump administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols, better known as the “Remain in Mexico" policy. An agent told him he couldn’t request a lawyer.
The long delays mark an apparent shift from statements made by Department of Homeland Security officials when the policy was launched in January in San Ysidro, California. A DHS spokesperson did not respond to an inquiry about the new longer wait times for a first court appearance. was allowed, for now, to continue enforcing it. Though two of the three 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals judges hearing the case said there were legal problems with the policy.Two men pass by the Little Havana restaurant where a group of Cuban migrants work while waiting for their turn to cross to the United States to request asylum.
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