Giving Up on the Dream: Asylum Seekers Try Other Options in Mexico

A line forms outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance, or COMAR, in Tapachula, a city in Mexico's southern tip. Photos by Kate Morrissey.

This story is the third in a three-part series.

The line of people outside the office for Mexico’s refugee agency formed before 7 a.m., stretching down the sidewalk on a September morning in Tapachula, a small city near the border with Guatemala.