US expands program returning asylum seekers to Mexico

By Daniel Jativa

Published March 12, 2019 8:45pm ET

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US expands program returning asylum seekers to Mexico — Carlos Catarldo Gomez, of Honduras, center, is escorted by Mexican officials after leaving the United States, the first person returned to Mexico to wait for his asylum trial date, in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

The Homeland Security Department is expanding its program to send asylum seekers back to their country of origin while they wait out immigration court proceedings.

The current policy was first implemented in the San Ysidro port of entry near San Diego in southern California and is being expanded to Calexico, also in the California portion of the U.S.-Mexico border.

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