How Asylum Seekers Are Processed on US-Mexico Border

Honduras native, Carlos and his 17-year-old son were nabbed after crossing the Rio Grande River into the U.S.   “We were walking after we crossed the river,” he told VOA in Spanish. “All wet. That’s when they detained us. We went to immigration, and they separated my son from me."   Carlos, who did not want to share his last name, was in detention for six days before he was released and reunited with his son. They plan to join relatives in Orlando, Florida.   In the...

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