In May, Landys Aguirre's 2-month-old daughter was admitted to an ICU in Chicago with a high fever. In photos and grainy videos his wife Karla Anez sent him, he could see that the baby's face, arms and legs were swollen tmsnrt.rs/30iwlrK 1/4 
Aguirre, alone 1,500 miles away in a hotel room in Mexico under a signature Trump administration program meant to deter migration, began to sob. He had yet to meet his daughter 2/4
The couple fled Venezuela seeking political asylum. Aguirre said he'd been kidnapped and tortured by pro-government groups.
The pair presented themselves at a U.S. port of entry with evidence - but said they never presented the documents to an asylum officer 3/4
The pair presented themselves at a U.S. port of entry with evidence - but said they never presented the documents to an asylum officer 3/4
He was ordered to wait in Mexico for a U.S. court hearing under a program that has sent tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border towns.
More accounts of distant hope from separated immigrant families tmsnrt.rs/30iwlrK 4/4
More accounts of distant hope from separated immigrant families tmsnrt.rs/30iwlrK 4/4
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