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Authorities said the 24-year-old Honduran gave birth on the Mexican side of the border bridge that links Matamoros to Brownsville, Texas (file photo).
Mexican authorities said Sunday (local time) that a Honduran woman gave birth on the Mexican side of the border bridge that links Matamoros with Brownsville, Texas.
The woman was reportedly trying to get to the US side, but felt unsteady when she arrived and was helped by pedestrians on the Mexican side waiting to cross.
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Hernández was reportedly one of 800 Central American and Mexican asylum seekers who have stayed in a seedy camp located across the border from Brownsville, Texas, while awaiting asylum hearings.
The woman was identified as Leidy Hernández, 24.
The National Migration Institute of Mexico said the incident occurred Saturday afternoon at the Ignacio Zaragoza border bridge, also known as “Los Tomates.” He said authorities received an alert from US Customs and Border Protection officials about “a woman attempting to enter the country inappropriately.”
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He said the woman was taken to a hospital in Matamoros, where she was given free care. Your child will have the right to Mexican citizenship.
Hernández was reportedly among approximately 800 migrants taking refuge in a makeshift camp by the river while they awaited US hearings on their asylum or visa applications. Other migrants wait in Matamoros, but have rented rooms.
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The US government now requires immigrant families seeking asylum to remain in Mexico as part of the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” process for people seeking legal political asylum in the United States.
Thousands of other migrants are waiting in other Mexican border cities for the opportunity to enter the United States, some for years.
The Trump administration has turned away tens of thousands of people at legal border crossings, first citing space constraints and then telling people to await court dates under its “Stay in Mexico” policy.
