The asylum seekers said they knew they were taking a risk: They could be returned to Mexico or placed in long-term detention. But scores of LGBTQ, disabled and pregnant asylum seekers have still been returned to Mexico. Dany and other LGBTQ asylum seekers said that while they waited in Mexico they had been threatened and intimidated for being gay. When the group entered the bridge, some of the asylum seekers were crying, nervous. “... People are living in squalor.”By 5 p.m., all 12 asylum seekers who had crossed with Castro had been returned to Mexico.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 07, 2019 22:05 UTC