The ‘waiting room’ part two

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On Tuesday, as part of our series about asylum-seekers waiting at the border, we hear from a Mexican lawyer who has fled threats from a drug cartel in her town. The World’s Monica Campbell speaks with the lawyer as her family waits for a chance to apply for asylum. 

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