El Paso Prepares To Receive Asylum Seekers Who Were Placed In 'Remain In Mexico' Program
KERA News The sleeping area at Casa del Refugiado, where some asylum seekers who were enrolled in the "Remain in Mexico" program will stay for a night or two after entering El Paso, before joining family members in other parts of the U.S. A small group of asylum seekers is slated to cross from Ciudad Juárez into El Paso on Friday, as the Biden administration begins to unwind the Trump-era border policy. On a chilly afternoon in Ciudad Juárez last week, an asylum seeker named Mikel was glued to his cell phone. It was the first day people who had been placed in the “Remain in Mexico” prog...