Ten days into President Donald Trump’s administration, the US southern border remains closed to asylum-seekers. About a quarter million migrants who had been waiting in Mexico for US asylum appointments are now caught in limbo, with little options to cross the border legally. The World’s Tibisay Zea reports that an increasing number of them are opting to settle in Mexico instead.
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