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Helping Asylum Seekers at Mexican Border

Season 2024 Episode 6

Volunteer groups like the American Friends Service Committee help migrants who arrive daily to a section of the Mexican order at San Ysidro in San Diego known as "Whiskey 8," where they get picked up by Border Patrol and can start the process of seeking asylum. Wendy Fry from CalMatters reports.

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