Mexican asylum seekers at multiple border crossings grow frustrated with waiting
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Thousands of Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States are waiting at border crossings as a result of the Trump administration's recent crackdown despite concerns for their safety in their home country, migrants and advocates say.
At Ciudad Juarez's Bridge of the Americas, also known as Puente Libre, dozens of frustrated migrants - some holding newborns - confronted Mexican soldiers last week, challenging a waiting list they worried was keeping them out of the U.S. unfairly.
"We have been here eight days - how much longer?" a woman shouted.
"We all have rights!" a man yelled.
The Trump administration has returned nearly 50,000 migrants from Central America to Mexico under the "Remain in Mexico" program this year, and more recently added an asylum ban for migrants from other countries. Mexican migrants are not subject to those conditions but nevertheless are finding they may have to wait from
