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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico — David Melgar and his wife stand at the top of the Paso del Norte International Bridge. The chilly wind blows on the face of their 8-year-old son, who sits in between them on the cold pavement.
It's 5:30 a.m. on a Monday in early December. It's still dark, and the temperature feels like 40 degrees.
"We've been here since 3 a.m.," Melgar, 28, says in Spanish. There are a handful of people in front of him in line. Behind him, nearly two hundred people are waiting.
The family fled Honduras, their home country, about two months ago after being extorted for money. They've been in Mexico since. And every day they've been trying to get an appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection using the CBP One app. This is their best and safest way to petition for asylum, they say.
It's 5:30 a.m. on a Monday in early December. It's still dark, and the temperature feels like 40 degrees.
"We've been here since 3 a.m.," Melgar, 28, says in Spanish. There are a handful of people in front of him in line. Behind him, nearly two hundred people are waiting.
The family fled Honduras, their home country, about two months ago after being extorted for money. They've been in Mexico since. And every day they've been trying to get an appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection using the CBP One app. This is their best and safest way to petition for asylum, they say.
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