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Migrant families freed without court notice or any paperwork

by Elliot Spagat
| March 31, 2021 11:03 PM

MISSION, Texas (AP) — Overwhelmed and underprepared, U.S. authorities are releasing migrant families on the Mexican border without notices to appear in immigration court or sometimes without any paperwork at all — a time-saving move that has left migrants confused.

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