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Asylum seekers keeping refuge in U.S. churches hope …

A Guatemalan man prays the Rosary with his daughter in the chapel at Holy Cross Retreat Center, which has been hosting groups of migrants that were part of the 1,300 released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement over the Christmas holiday, in Las Cruces, New Mexico, on Dec. 27, 2018. The shelter takes in groups of migrants weekly, but received this one unexpectedly as did the entire system run by Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas. (Paul Ratje / AFP via Getty Images)

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Guatemalan police, military use tear gas to disperse hundreds …

Honduran migrants face Guatemalan police keeping them from advancing toward the U.S. border, on the highway in Vado Hondo, Guatemala, on Jan. 18, 2021. (Sandra Sebastian / Associated Press)

Woman gives birth near Rio Grande in South Texas with …

In this Nov. 18, 2020, file photo, a young girl plays in her family's tent at a camp of asylum seekers stuck at America's doorstep, in Matamoros, Mexico. Increasing numbers of parents and children are crossing the border, driven by violence and poverty in Central America and growing desperation in migrant camps in Mexico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Monday, Dec. 14, 2020 that it made 4,592 apprehensions of unaccompanied immigrant children in November, more than six times the figure in April. (AP Photo/Eric Gay File)

Punishing hurricanes expected to spur more Central Americans …

In this Nov. 6, 2020 file photo, a resident walking through a flooded street looks back at storm damage caused by Hurricane Eta in Planeta, Honduras. Flooded out Honduran and Guatemalan families stranded on rooftops in the most marginalized neighborhoods after the passage of hurricanes Eta and Iota portend a new wave of migration, observers across the region say. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez, File)

Hurricane Eta drenches Central America; death toll rises …

A man wades with his bike in a flooded street due to the heavy rains caused by Hurricane Eta, now degraded to a tropical storm, in El Progreso, department of Yoro, 260 kms north of Tegucigalpa, on Nov. 5, 2020. (Orlando SIERRA / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump administration ramps up expulsion of migrant youth, …

An immigration detainee from Bangladesh reads through his case papers while on his bunk at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), detention facility on February 28, 2013 in Florence, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Images)

GOP Governors Grapple With Accepting Refugees as Christian …

An unidentified man from Guerrero State, who is fleeing cartel violence, kisses his daughter as they prepare for another cold night in the camp on Dec. 10, 2019, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. In the mud and biting cold of a makeshift camp in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, more than 1,000 Mexican migrants had been waiting for weeks, some for months, for a chance to file for asylum in the United States. (Credit: PAUL RATJE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Migrant Children Were Sexually Abused in U.S.-Funded …

Protestors pray outside the Otay Mesa Detention Center during a demonstration against U.S. immigration policy that separates children from parents, in San Diego on June 23, 2018. (Credit: ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Visits Honduras to Explore …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gestures during a press conference with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele at the presidential palace in San Salvador, on Aug. 9, 2019. (Credit: OSCAR RIVERA/AFP/Getty Images)

Number of Migrants Waiting at U.S.-Mexico Border …

Migrants from Cameroon use their cell phones as they relax at the Albergue Para Migrantes El Buen Samaritano while waiting to have their number on a waiting list that is months long to be called to have an initial interview with a U.S. asylum officer on June 5, 2019, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Virginia Doctor Gunned Down With Tour Guide While …

A Virginia doctor was gunned down with his tour guide while on vacation in Belize, according to local authorities. (Credit: Carilion Clinic/Twitter)

Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin Resume Processing …

A group of Central American migrants — mostly from Honduras — wanting to reach the United States struggle for fruit given by volunteers outside a temporary shelter in Tijuana, near the U.S.-Mexico border fence, on Nov. 23, 2018. (Credit: Guillermo Arias / AFP / Getty Images)

U.S. Officials Say Record-Breaking Migration Across …

Central American migrants heading to the United States with a second caravan wait for immigration officials to give them their visitor card to continue on their journey, in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas state, southern Mexico on Jan. 21, 2019. (Credit: Alejandro Melendez / AFP / Getty Images)

Caravan of 1,700 Migrants Reaches Mexican Border …

Central American migrants, mostly Hondurans, take part in a caravan heading towards the U.S., staying in a shelter set up at the Sports City in Mexico City on Jan. 30, 2019.(Credit: PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images)