REPORT: Tent courts set to open on border for US asylum seekers

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EL PASO, Texas (AP) — The Trump administration is ready to open a tent court on the border to help handle tens of thousands of cases of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico, with hearings held entirely by videoconference.

The court, or “soft-sided” facility as U.S. officials call it, is scheduled to begin operations Monday in Laredo, Texas. Another is expected to open soon in Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings.

The article goes on to state the following:

The administration introduced its “Remain in Mexico” policy in San Diego in January and later expanded it to El Paso, but hearings there are conducted inside large buildings with normal courtrooms, and the judge usually appears in person.

About 40,000 non-Mexican asylum seekers have been forced to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through clogged U.S. immigration courts, according to the Mexican government.

The US is ready to open a tent court on the border to help handle tens of thousands of cases of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico, with hearings held entirely by videoconference. https://t.co/2rNgFybxK7

— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) September 11, 2019

The administration introduced its “Remain in Mexico” policy in San Diego in January and expanded to El Paso, Texas https://t.co/jmz2Q6Klyu

— Las Vegas RJ (@reviewjournal) September 11, 2019

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