From our special correspondent in McAllen and Roma (Texas)
About 50 young women, at least as many toddlers and a handful of men occupy the space of the Catholic Respite Humanitarian Center in the border town of McAllen, in the far south of Texas.
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At the entrance, a large sign advises them:
"In difficult times, look good."
Some rest on thin blue skai mattresses placed on the concrete floor, others, seated on plastic chairs, wait for one of the two employees installed on the platform overlooking the cavernous room to call their name, which echoes through the speakers.
They are there to help them fill out immigration forms and locate their
“American”
parents
.
“They only spend a few hours, at most a night, the time to take a shower, to eat.
As soon as their family, once contacted, has bought them a ticket, they are taken to the bus station ”,
specifies the director of Good Works.
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