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| Last Edited | DFWDem Jun 20, 2008 10:49am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Friday, June 20, 2008 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By ALFREDO CORCHADO / The Dallas Morning News
EL PASO – Dozens of law enforcement agents and business owners from across the border in Ciudad Juárez are seeking political asylum here, or moving to other Texas cities, including Dallas, a situation that underscores the escalating drug war and its widening impact on families, government officials and humanitarian groups say.
U.S. and Mexican officials refused to disclose the precise number of "credible fear" claims – the first step toward applying for political asylum. But other officials speaking on condition of anonymity say the number in the El Paso-Juárez corridor alone is at least 100 – dramatically higher than the three announced last month by the U.S. government for the entire border.
Lawyers and immigrant rights groups say the number is between 50 and 100 cases.
And they add that hundreds more with legal documents are crisscrossing the border. Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferris, for example, has homes in both El Paso and Juárez and spends some of his time with family on the U.S. side.
All describe the situation in Juárez, a city of 1.3 million, as chaotic and their clients as desperate. And they warn that the exodus will grow as violence continues to spiral out of control. |
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