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Trump Administration Predicted Border Chaos, Called It ‘Preferable to the Status Quo’

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Migrants like Jakelin Caal, who died in U.S. custody, are forced to wait at crowded ports or attempt risky journeys to smaller crossings thanks in part to a new policy.

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When Jakelin Caal, the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody this month, arrived at the southern border she was with more than 160 other migrants.

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