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    This Migrant Won In Immigration Court, And The U.S. Sent Him To Mexico Anyway

    It has become nearly impossible for migrants at the southern border to win asylum. Even if they do get protection from a judge, in some cases they're still not allowed to stay in the country.
    by Joel Rose Jan 09, 2020 4 minutes
    People walk and drive across a bridge on the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. Thousands of people cross back and forth every day, in cars or on foot.

    For a moment, Jesus thought his ordeal was coming to an end. Three months after fleeing Venezuela, he got his chance to tell a judge how he and his mother escaped political persecution.

    "The judge asked me three questions," Jesus said in Spanish through an interpreter. "What's your nationality? Why did you leave your country? Why can't you go back?"

    Jesus asked NPR not to use his last name because he wants to protect relatives who are still in Venezuela. He doesn't speak English, and he didn't have a lawyer at the time of his immigration court hearing. Still, he felt the judge really understood his story.

    "I explained my case to him. And he accepted my experience," Jesus said.

    The judge granted

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