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Trump's new asylum rule strands Central American migrants in Tijuana

TIJUANA, Mexico - There was confusion on Monday among northbound migrants in Tijuana, following the Trump administration's latest effort to ban virtually all foreigners from filing for asylum in the United States.

Many, like Milsa Garcia, hadn't even heard of the plan. The 33-year-old Guatemalan woman has been in this sprawling border town for 15 days since she was deported back to Mexico, after being apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol after crossing the Rio Grande with her 4-year-old son on a raft.

"I don't know anything about that," she said of the changes announced by the U.S. government. "I just want to go to the

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