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In this Oct. 11, 2019 photo, migrants wake up at a camp set up by migrants waiting near a legal port of entry bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. In years past, migrants seeking asylum in the United States moved quickly through this violent territory on their way to the U.S., but now due to Trump administration policies, they remain here for weeks and sometimes months as they await their U.S. court dates, often in the hands of gangsters who hold Tamaulipas state in a vice-like grip. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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