November 7, 2019

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November 7, 2019 T: 582-7800 | F: 582-7044 www.arubatoday.com

Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper

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Migrants live in fear at Mexico-U.S. border as violence flares

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum in the United States spends her days holed up in her cousin's cramped slum house just across the border in Mexico — too scared to leave after receiving a savage beating from two men three weeks ago while she was strolling home from a convenience store. The assault came after she spent four months in captivity in Mexico, kidnapped into prostitution during her journey toward the U.S. The woman, 31, is among 55,000 migrants who have been returned to Mexico by the Trump administration to wait for their cases to wind through backlogged immigration courts. Her situation offers a glimpse into some of the program's problems. Continued on Page 2

In this Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, photo, Lizbeth poses for a portrait in a relative's home behind a page from her court documents in Tijuana, Mexico. Associated Press


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