Uncertainty and Desperation in Nogales: Asylum-Seeking Families Wait for Title 42 to End

The border city has become a hub for forcibly displaced Mexican families.

Border policy is fragmented. Asylum, despite being the law of the land, is all but a dream for most. Every border town up and down the line tells a different story. But as the August summer sun sears the desert, the desperation is palpable as people wait, hope and pray.

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