Hasty rollout of Trump immigration policy has 'broken' border courts

After waiting two months in Mexico to press her case for U.S. asylum, the 20-year-old student from Nicaragua arrived at the border near Tijuana three hours before the critical hearing was scheduled to start at 7:30 a.m. "We kept asking what was going on, but they wouldn't tell us anything," said Katia, who asked to be identified by her first name only for fear of jeopardizing her immigration case. Bashir Ghazialam, a lawyer paid for by Katia's aunt in the United States, convinced the judge to reschedule her case because of the transportation snafu.

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