US halts online asylum appointments at Texas crossing after migrants reportedly extorted
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Migrants told AP that Mexican immigration officials took their travel documents. They say the officials threatened to make them miss their scheduled asylum appointments if they did not pay them.
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The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants were being targeted there for extortion.
U.S. authorities have halted mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing after advocates warned U.S. authorities that migrants are being extorted there. Customs and Border Protection
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration has stopped taking mobile app appointments to admit asylum-seekers at a Texas border crossing that connects to a notoriously dangerous Mexican city aft…
Migrants told AP that Mexican immigration officials took their travel documents. They say the officials threatened to make them miss their scheduled asylum appointments if they did not pay them.
