Near/Far - by Nate Blakeslee
"More than 9,000 [Mexican citizens] have applied [for asylum] at border crossings in the past three years, but only 183 have been allowed to stay in the United States."
"[R]efugees fleeing the violence in Mexico do not fit neatly into any of the protected categories identified by existing asylum law, which is meant to apply to people who are being persecuted by governments because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or membership in a particular social group. “It’s difficult to protect people caught in the crossfire under asylum law,” said Barbara Hines, an immigration expert at the University of Texas School of Law. If refugees can show that the government in their home country is unwilling or unable to shield them from violence, however, they may have a case."
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