Migrants from Haiti queue outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) to apply for refugee status in Mexico, in Tapachula, Mexico September 13, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Torres
TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's tiny asylum agency is already overwhelmed with applicants who are abandoning the American dream because of U.S. President Donald Trump's hardline immigration measures.
Now, the agency fears the burden on employees already working up to 15 hours a day will increase after the U.S. Supreme Court decided to restore a Trump administration policy banning most asylum applications at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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