Border Crisis: Understanding the US-Mexico Situation

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Record levels of migration are straining the US immigration system, with a surge of encounters at the southern border and arrivals coming from various countries. The perilous journey has led to thousands of deaths, and the backlog of immigration cases has reached 3.3 million. As Congress debates solutions, people arriving often find themselves in unofficial camps along the border, exacerbating the deepening humanitarian crisis.
Topics:nation#border-encounters#humanitarian-crisis#immigration#immigration-system#migration#us-mexico-border
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- Three reasons why so many migrants want to cross from Mexico to US BBC.com
- ‘Left out to dry’: Frustration brews in Eagle Pass as border bill fails KXAN.com
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- US-Mexico: What’s going on at the southern border, explained Vox.com
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