In Their Search For Asylum, Central Americans Find The U.S. Is Closing Its Doors

Six times in recent days, Marco Antonio Cabachuela, his wife, Irma, and their 3-year-old, Valerie, walked up to federal immigration officers at the Hidalgo, Texas, port of entry and asked for asylum.

• John Burnett
• npr

And every night, they returned to an immigrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, where men and women sit listlessly in a shady courtyard.

“They rejected it…

• In Their Search…