Priest Offers Shelter for Central American Migrants on a Perilous Path Through Mexico
Fred de Sam Lazaro - PBS NewsHour
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January 13, 2016
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Immigrants aren't coming from Mexico as much as through that country in recent years. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro visits a migrant shelter in Northern Mexico, where people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador take respite near the end of their long, dangerous journey in hopes of illegally crossing into the U.S.

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Related: U.S. to Expand Refugee Program to Include Central American Migrants (EFE)

Related: Surge in Central American Migrants at US border Threatens Repeat of 2014 Crisis (The Guardian)

Related: New Surge of Familes from Central America Prompted Immigration Raids (NPR/PBS)

Related: The U.S. Has a Massive Asylum Fraud Problem No One Talks About (PJ Media)

Related: Number of Migrants Worldwide Rose 41 Percent Since 2000, Says UN (Latin Post)

Related: U.S. to Screen Central American Refugees in Their Countries (USA Today)

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