Of the 7,000 asylum cases that have been completed in the El Paso sector since the policy was implemented, only 15 individuals received asylum—a denial rate of more than 99 percent.
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Mexican bishops urge no statute of limitations for sex abuse
The Roman Catholic Church in Mexico called on the country’s government Tuesday to modify the legal code and do away with statutes of limitations for sexual abuse of minors.
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Mexican bishops stress importance of education after school shooting
The Jan. 10 shooting shocked Mexico, where 13 years of drug cartel-driven violence has left more than 200,000 dead and approximately 65,000 missing.
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Mexico president opposes bill to end church-state separation
President López Obrador’s party and allies control both houses of Mexico’s Congress
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After the LeBarón family massacre, can Mexico’s López Obrador stop the violence?
Mr. LeBarón, the family’s spokesperson, said he hopes he can channel the grief and anger over the killings into a broad social movement. “We want to unite the whole country. We want a social movement, not a political one,” he said.
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You have to leave Washington to know the reality of migrants at the border
After a trip to the border, I returned home to the nation’s capital—where President Trump continues to double down on cruel policies—carrying a stone I picked up in the desert and the stories of migrants.
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Mexico’s fight against organized crime takes a dark turn after urban warfare in Culiacán
Mexico is on edge after a wave of violence hit the country last week, culminating in heavy fighting between the army and alleged members of organized crime in Culiacán, the capital of the northern state of Sinaloa, that lasted for hours on Oct. 17.
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Abortion decriminalized in Mexican state despite vocal church opposition
Lawmakers in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca have approved a measure to decriminalize abortion, despite vocal church opposition.
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Workers at Catholic migrant shelters in Mexico say intimidation by authorities is increasing
The increased attention by Mexican police and armed forces is encouraging undocumented migrants to avoid shelters, many of which are run by the Catholic Church here, and to follow more dangerous routes through Mexico, aid workers warn.
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A new play honors Our Lady of Guadalupe and the missing women of Juarez
A new broadway play creates a docu-mythologia around the disappearance and murders of more than 700 women in Ciudad Juárez since 1993.