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Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as they await entry to US

Migrants are being raped at Mexico border as they await entry to US

WHEN Carolina's captors arrived at dawn to pull her out of the stash house in the Mexican border city of Reynosa in late May, she thought they were going to force her to call her family in Venezuela again to beg them to pay $2,000 ransom. Instead, one of the men shoved her onto a broken-down bus parked outside and raped her, she told Reuters. "It's the saddest, most horrible thing that can happen to a person," Carolina said. A migrant advocate who assisted Carolina after the kidnapping, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity due to security concerns,…
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El Paso mayor declares state of emergency over influx of migrants from Mexico border

El Paso mayor declares state of emergency over influx of migrants from Mexico border

TIM REID and TED HESSON THE mayor of the Texas border city of El Paso declared a state of emergency, citing the hundreds of migrants sleeping on the streets in cold temperatures and the thousands being apprehended every day. Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, said the emergency declaration would give city authorities the resources and ability to shelter migrants who have crossed the Mexican border. "We wanted to make sure people are treated with dignity. We want to make sure everyone is safe," Leeser told reporters. The move comes as El Paso, a Democratic stronghold with a history of welcoming…
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