Thread by @RAICESTEXAS

BREAKING from Piedras Negras: After almost two weeks, people are growing desperate inside.

They’re given almost no info about the asylum process, & groups like ours haven’t but let in.

Today, some tried to leave to get lunch, but were told they couldn’t.

Then this.

Normally those with humanitarian visas can go & get food.

They’re still not being allowed to present at the border, but that little bit of freedom helped.

Today, even those w/them were told they couldn’t leave.

We’ve heard disturbing reports from many that some police officers are ripping up visas of those on the outside.

They’re forced to come back to shelter & repeat the process, but they’re getting scared.

“Que sirven?” they’re asking. What good are they?

Aid groups & press MUST be allowed inside to document & give legal advice.

We don’t know the conditions in the factory, & almost no one knows what to expect from the asylum process.

Piedras Negras is a glimpse at what could happen if remain in Mexico happens across the border.

The lack of freedom, the lack of clarity is extremely frustrating to people inside.

That’s what’s led people to react in this way. They want to know what’s going on, they want to leave, they want to go to border & apply for asylum.

“They’re treating us like dogs,” one man said.