The end of ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy uplifts hope for immigration advocates but changes little for asylum seekers at the border, say Chicago-area advocates

Source Chicago Tribune
Original Load Date June 30, 2022, 7:01 p.m.
Last Updated June 30, 2022, 7:01 p.m.
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Over the past three years, Julie Contreras, an immigration and humanitarian activist from the Waukegan area, has visited the makeshift tent encampments filled with asylum-seekers on the southwestern border that were erected after the Trump administration enacted the “Remain in Mexico” program in 201...