Asylum Seeker’s Hands Almost Froze Off in Texas Storm. Now He Fears Deportation.

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“I wanted to die,” Douglas, who is seeking asylum in the U.S., told The Los Angeles Times.

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Published Feb. 27 2021 12:10PM EST

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A Guatemalan asylum seeker who was caught in the snowstorm that swept Texas earlier this month is in an El Paso hospital waiting to hear whether his hands will be amputated and whether he will be deported, The Los Angeles Times reports.

Ana Lucia Murillo

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Asylum Seeker’s Hands Almost Froze Off in Texas Storm. Now He Fears Deportation.

“I wanted to die,” Douglas, who is seeking asylum in the U.S., told The Los Angeles Times.

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Ana Lucia Murillo