Immigrant advocacy organizations expect at least 5,000 of the 25,000 people seeking asylum on the border with Mexico to reach New York state in the coming months.
It is estimated that of the 70,000 migrants who were forced to wait at the border, 25,000 cases remain open and Biden is slowly allowing them entry.
The Central American Legal Association, which represents undocumented immigrants in the area, assures that many had to go through difficult conditions seeking to stay during their entire waiting time in Mexico: “In shelters, in houses, sometimes because a girl gave me where to live because as the mafia was kidnapping there on the street, then one cannot be on the street. “
Immigration lawyers assure that this number of people represents logistical and humanitarian challenges and that the coordination of local agencies will be needed to offer them social services.
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