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Come for the cute kid T-ball photos, stay for the grueling cross-border commutes, a reality since @realDonaldTrump threatened to close ports of entry. Pics: @MarieDennise, from our last Juárez dispatch.

houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
ICYMI: first story focused on a Honduran grandmother who was separated from the kids she raised and sent back to Mexico to wait for her US court date: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
Second story was about the Central American family migrant crisis with no quick fix: focused in part on Kathrin Molina who has been waiting for 3 months to legally ask for asylum at the port of entry but was returned under a Trump Administration policy
houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…
Next story was about throng of Cubans overwhelming Juarez waiting for their turn to ask asylum. The stream is increasing in part because of conditions at the island & current US , regional policy (last week Cubans broke out of a shelter in southern Mexico)
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Anyway we love you El Paso/Juarez, thank you for your generosity in letting us help tell your story. Always a privilege very much not under appreciated. For folks doing full time work in El Paso, follow @nachoaguilar @BobMooreNews 💕
Oh and obviously @ajcorchado and @AKochergaBorder! And so many great others, it was wonderful to have a moment in your beautiful cultural city!
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Possible candidates in #Guatemala's presidential election in June: Zury Rios, daughter of the dictator who presided over one of the most brutal military campaigns in Latam history (& was convicted for genocide; it was overturned.)
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She's married to former US Rep Jerry Weller, a member of the House Committee on International Relations when he met his wife. She has been a fervent defender of her father, saying protesters violated his 'human rights.' One massacre he faced trial for:
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Katherin & family face court in El Paso tomorrow. After a soccer game against a woman who turned out to be a narco’s sister, she was beaten, kidnapped, & threatened w/ death. 2 friends were killed. They have been in Juarez for 2 months trying to request asylum at port of entry
After 2 months of waiting on the list they were turned away and told to remain in Mexico under the Trump Administration’s new MPP policy. ~ 1.5 K asylum seekers have been turned back. The program is an unprecedented policy shift and being argued in court.
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Katherin and her family have run out of money and been in 3 different shelters in Juarez, all of which are full. They don’t have a lawyer tomorrow because they couldn’t find anyone. It’s not clear to anyone how US lawyers should or can represent asylum seekers in Mexico.
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The Trump administration's moves on #Cuba this week, restricting remittances and threatening trade, are likely to intensify a growing stream of Cubans to the #Texas border. They already make up 80% of the migrants in Juarez.

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The 870% increase of Cubans to El Paso this year has put neighboring Juarez’s migrant shelters at capacity and tensions are simmering under the administration’s practice of metering at ports of entry. Last week, CBP only let 5 asylum seekers through in one day.
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