Surveillance footage from inside an immigration detention facility in Ciudad Juárez surfaced on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after a deadly fire erupted and killed at least 40 people trapped inside. TPRNews
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that migrants from Central America and Venezuela were in the detention center and that they were protesting the decision to deport them. He claimed that they"set fire" to the mattresses. He called it a"terrible accident."
Texas Public Radio is supported by contributors to the Border and Immigration News Desk, including the Catena Foundation and Texas Mutual Insurance Company. They include the continuation of a public health policy known as Title 42, which rapidly expels asylum seekers and returns them to Mexico and sometimes other countries.
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