TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Inside a complex of large white tents in Tucson, Arizona, migrants are being informed in multiple languages about their right to express fear of deportation. Posters and videos in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and Hindi emphasize that migrants should speak up if they are afraid of being deported, and their claims will be heard.
Border Patrol agents at the Tucson holding facility, breaking from a long-standing practice, no longer ask migrants if they fear deportation. This change was implemented as part of the temporary suspension of asylum at the border by President Joe Biden's administration on June 5. Migrants are now required to voluntarily disclose their fears of deportation.
