Biden promised to support asylum-seekers. But he has closed the door.
Taylor Levy
Opinion contributor
It was Election Day 2020, and Adriana and I were ecstatic. We were at a migrant shelter by the U.S.-Mexico border in Ciudad Juarez, having a pizza party as returns came in showing President Donald Trump heading to a loss against Joe Biden.
Adriana fled Guatemala in hopes of gaining asylum in America, only to be dumped back over the border under the inhumane Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” (MPP) program. Adriana fell in love with another asylum-seeker fleeing political violence in Nicaragua and forced to wait in Mexico.
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