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...Juarez municipal police speak to asylum seekers camped out near Paso del Norte International Bridge, trying to convince them to go to shelters for migrants around the city on December 19, 2019 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
...- In the mud and biting cold of a makeshift camp in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, more than 1,000 Mexican migrants had been waiting for weeks, some for months, for a chance to file for asylum in the United States.
...A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration from sending asylum seekers to Mexico to wait for their immigration hearings in the US, a major blow to the administration as it has increasingly relied on the program to send thousands of migrants back to Mexico.
..."The MPP has had serious adverse consequences for the individual plaintiffs," wrote Judge William Fletcher.
..."Plaintiffs presented evidence in the district court that they, as well as others returned to Mexico under the MPP, face targeted discrimination, physical violence, sexual assault, overwhelmed and corrupt law enforcement, lack of food and shelter, and practical obstacles to participation in court proceedings in the United States. The hardship and danger to individuals returned to Mexico under the MPP have been repeatedly confirmed by reliable news reports."
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