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The US is struggling to house and process an increasing number of migrants arriving at its southern border with Mexico.
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Mexico has beefed up law enforcement at its southern border to stem a sharp increase in migrants heading to the US.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has yet again rendered visible the harmful and obsolete nature of migration detention.
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Republicans say President Joe Biden’s new policies on the US-Mexico border are encouraging more migrants to come.
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