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The Trump administration in July began to implement its new policy for migrants apprehended in South Texas, completely changing the process of applying for asylum here. The change comes as the average wait time for U.S. federal immigration court hearings is now at 700 days — about two years, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, which tracks federal immigration court cases. President Trump has also repeatedly promised to close the border to this influx of migrants, mostly coming from the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The new Migrant Protection Protocols had been used in San Diego and El Paso but never before in South Texas where vast numbers of migrants are apprehended.
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