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An 8 1/2-month pregnant Mexican woman and her family went to an El Paso-Ciudad Juárez bridge Saturday to make an asylum claim. @CBP officer Loya said, “We’re full.” Then Sen. @RonWyden stepped forward and intervened. My story for @WashingtonPost. 1/ washingtonpost.com/politics/senat…
The metering process that limits asylum access excludes Mexicans and pregnant women. @CBP says the officer would have acted differently if they told him their nationality. But the family presented him with a folder that included their Mexican birth certificates and IDs. 2/ 
The family met @RonWyden when he toured a Juarez migrant shelter Saturday. Dr. Lauren Herbert, an Oregon pediatrician traveling with Wyden, became alarmed that the woman’s condition might threaten her life and that of her baby. 3/
El Paso immigration lawyer @TaylorKLevy suggested that Wyden escort the family to the Paso del Norte Bridge to press their asylum claim and seek medical help. “That’s what we’re going to do,” he said. 4/
At the top of the bridge, @CBP officer Castro told Wyden staffers and me that we couldn’t take pictures or video. @ShawDrake1 of @ACLU_BRC told the officer he was wrong and told us to keep recording. Castro asked if he could photograph us. We said sure. He didn't. 5/
Here's @RonWyden talking about his efforts on behalf of the family. 7/
