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Trump’s wall. It is the most easterly legal port of entry to the States on the border.
As we walked with Team Brownsville’s Ann Finch, 72, from Austin, Texas, Sage Mckee, 67 from Spokane, Washington, and Pam Hancock, 70, from Denton, Texas, we were waved through by Mexican border patrol.
We saw around 20 refugees waiting to be called by US authorities to begin their application for asylum. “It is shameful what the States has become under Trump,” says Sage. “A country built by immigrants turns their back on them.”
Pam goes further. “Trump is a disgrace,” she storms. “He has no empathy or compassion. You only need to listen to these people’s stories to understand what they have been through.”
Migrants have been surging into Lamin and Jacquelinne WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT IMMIGRATION Matamoros, just across the border and one of the most dangerous areas in the world thanks to drug cartel violence.
Those lucky enough to make it past the gangs arrive at the crossing with the just the clothes on their backs.
School administrator Mike says the group have helped around 10,000
migrants from more than 40