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Asylum Processing at the U.S.-Mexico Border: August 2023
Aug 31, 2023 | CAMPI
This August 2023 report provides an asylum processing update along the U.S.-Mexico border and focuses on the CBP One appointment process, asylum processing at ports of entry, waiting asylum seekers, and migrant shelters. Overall, asylum seekers continue to face unstable living conditions and security risks in Mexican border cities. In Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Ciudad Juárez, tent camps have sprung up with thousands of occupants. Certain groups of asylum seekers also continue to experience additional challenges. Civil society organizations report that Black, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, and non-Spanish speaking asylum seekers have faced targeted discrimination while waiting in Mexican border cities.