At The Border, Some Agents Are Telling Asylum-Seekers To Come Back ‘Later’

By Texas Standard

Published June 7, 2018 at 12:05 PM CDT

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An aerial view of the Bridge of the Americas POE El Paso Texas.

Photo by James Tourtellotte/U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The law is clear – anyone seeking asylum must be allowed to make that claim – but many of those who are crossing don’t know that.