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Cold weather poses threat to border migrants camped out in tents

Families outside a tent at a temporary migrant holding area set up by Customs and Border Protection under the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry between Juarez and El Paso.
Ivan Pierre Aguirre/The Texas Tribune
Families outside a tent at a temporary migrant holding area set up by Customs and Border Protection under the Paso del Norte International Port of Entry between Juarez and El Paso.
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October 30, 2019 9:26 PM
Published 9:11 PM

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- As temperatures keep dropping, a new concern is rising: how to keep Mexican migrants safe from the cold.

There are around 600 Mexican migrants camping on the Mexican side of the Paso del Norte port of entry. Across the three bridges, it's 3,000 people in total.

Tents and tarps are what separate them from the cold air as they wait to apply for asylum in the U.S.

For now, Juarez city officials are limited to trying to convince people to leave the streets and go to a shelter, but it hasn’t been easy.

As the winds grow colder each week, city officials continue to warn families that have children and elderly that it is not safe to stay on the streets in tents.

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