The Trump administration suspends immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico through June 1, bowing to coronavirus concerns. The move also extends a state of limbo for those locked down in Mexican migrant shelters.
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2020, file photo, Juan Carlos Perla sits with his son, Joshua Perla, as his wife, Ruth Aracely Monroy, right, stands in their home on the outskirts of Tijuana, Mexico. After fleeing violence in El Salvador, the family is among 60,000 U.S. asylum seekers returned to Mexico to wait while their claim makes its way through the U.S. court system.
While it is difficult to know precisely, the Justice Department estimated in late February that there were 25,000 people waiting in Mexico for hearings in U.S. court. About a week ago, Mileidy’s attorney got notice that her hearing was delayed again, this time to June 16. She spoke on condition that her full name not be published due to fears for her personal safety.
Barely 1% of the nearly 45,000 “Return to Mexico” cases decided through March won asylum, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Nearly all people represent themselves, with barely 6% having attorneys.
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