As immigrants seek refuge, America struggles to live up to its promise
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As immigrants seek refuge, America struggles to live up to its promise

LA Times  

Some of the world’s most vulnerable people arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border every day. “Not only is it a physical journey; it’s an emotional journey,” says Michael Hopkins, executive director of Jewish Family Service, one of the local nonprofits that help migrants who’ve crossed the border. “It calls upon us as Americans to make sure this is a just process.” :: A Honduran boy holding a sign asking President Biden for help is one of hundreds of migrants camping by the main border crossing in Tijuana, hoping they’ll get to wait in the U.S. while their cases proceed. What’s sad, he says, is that “a lot of those who made it across were eventually sent back.” San Diego horse breeder Roberto Sanchez pets Red Lips, an Andalusian horse, at one of the many stables that dot the border area south of the city. As San Diego’s response to the surge at the border shows, she says, “we are still a beacon of light.”

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