Asylum-seekers who crossed the border in
Arizona were bused to
Texas Friday to be sent back to
Mexico to wait for their hearings to wind through U.S.
immigration courts, extending the practice across the entire border, a U.S. official said.
U.S. authorities plan to run one bus a day from Tucson to El Paso while scouting border locations in Arizona that could be built up to accommodate large numbers of people in court on the U.S. side, with enough shelters and services on the Mexican side while they wait for their hearings, the official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the information was not authorized for public release.
Asylum-seekers who cross the border in western Arizona, around Yuma, are bused to Calexico,
California, and returned to Mexico there, the official said.