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US judge dismisses case against migrants caught in new military zone

US soldiers inspect the border wall next to a surveillance vehicle in Sunland Park, New Mexico, on February 3 [ Andres Leighton/AP Photo]

A United States judge in the southwestern state of New Mexico has dismissed trespassing charges against dozens of migrants apprehended in a military zone recently created under President Donald Trump.

The military zone is one of two so far that the Trump administration has created along the US-Mexico border, in order to deter undocumented migration into the country.

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