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In an immigration detention center on the outskirts of Laredo, judges on temporary assignments were hearing cases in a courtroom hastily arranged inside its walls from March through December of 2017. Photographs are not allowed inside the building. The detention center is overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and run by a private company, CoreCivic.
Feature January 19, 2018
Lost in Court
A visit to Trump’s immigration bedlam.
By Julia Preston
Just about every day, migrants walk across the Gateway to the Americas pedestrian bridge from Mexico to Laredo, Texas, to approach U.S. customs officers, saying they are afraid to return to their home countries. That act starts the legal process for them to apply for asylum. In October 2017, a couple from India had their first encounter with a customs officer at the bridge. In the last three months of 2017, about 4,000 people each month came to border stations in Laredo asking for protection.
The Frame January 19, 2018
Bridge to Nowhere
Photographer Kirsten Luce captures the challenges facing migrants who arrive at a U.S. border crossing in Laredo, Texas.
By Julia Preston and Celina Fang
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