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Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with new shelter

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Migrants swim in a river near a shelter encampment in the border town of Matamoros, Mexico on Aug. 16, 2023. Mexico’s immigration agency and a Catholic aid group have opened a temporary outdoor shelter for migrants living in camps to move to, as Mexico’s National Institute for Migration wants this large camp in Matamoros dismantled. (AP Photo/Jacky Muniello)

Mexican border city struggles to find space for migrants even with new shelter

MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — At a massive encampment near an international bridge along the U.S.-Mexico border, migrants from Honduras, Haiti, Venezuela and elsewhere have turned scraps of plastic, poster board...

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