Mexican authorities on Tuesday removed almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the
United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso,
Texas, according to a Reuters witness, after state
police threatened to separate parents from their children.
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Ciudad Juarez has been received growing numbers of Mexicans seeking to apply for asylum in the United States, leading to a backlog in the city as U.S. border officials limit the number of asylum cases they receive at the port of entry each day.
The operation came a day after news that the United States will deport some Mexican asylum seekers to Guatemala.