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System Under Strain: How the U.S. Actually Manages the Thousands of Migrant Families Entering Each Day

The Trump administration is moving to limit Central American migrants’ ability to seek asylum at the U.S. border with Mexico. Here’s how the process unfolds.

The record number of families entering the U.S. and requesting asylum has overloaded a border enforcement system not designed to safely and quickly process them. Here is a step-by-step look at the process families go through and where the system is straining.