As asylum camp swells at US-Mexico border, Biden aide calls for patience
The Trump administration's protocols, in place since 2019, have pushed more than 65,000 asylum seekers back into Mexico to wait for their US court hearings.
A migrant from Guatemala talk to a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent at the Paso del Norte international border bridge to request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico January 26, 2021. (photo credit: REUTERS/JOSE LUIS GONZALEZ)ByREUTERS