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Maria Villarroel

Migrants at the border report 'unnecessary' family separation and verbal abuse by U.S. authorities

The Kino Border Initiative reports to have found 101 instances over two weeks of migrants losing touch with their families after agents send them back. (Credit: AFP)

Migrant advocates say there is an increase in "unnecessary" family separations in the U.S.-Mexico border, documenting stories of mistreatment by U.S. authorities, a new report by The Arizona Republic shows.

The stories come from the Kino Border Initiative in Ambos Nogales, a humanitarian aid organization that started to track high numbers of Mexicans returned to Mexico with no change of asylum status.

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