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The Asylum Trap: Hanging Hope On The Election

Photo: Paul Ratje For KERA
Jose, 27, from Nicaragua poses for a portrait in Pan de Vida Shelter in Ciudad Ju‡rez on August, 26, 2020. He worked as nurse in Nicaragua, but left after receiving threats from government paramilitary forces, and he is now in the Migrant Protection Proto"

Many asylum seekers stuck in Mexico under the Migrant Protection Protocols are closely following the November election, hoping a new administration will end the policy.