Try, try again: For some Central Americans, U.S. policy opens revolving door

FILE PHOTO: Guatemalan migrant Nicolas poses for a portrait in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - After six attempts to enter the United States from Mexico over two and a half months, 35-year-old Guatemalan migrant Nicolas was facing the prospect of failure and going back home to thousands of dollars of debt.

Then on his seventh shot – squeezing himself into a wedge on a cargo train for a harrowing seven-hour ride to Texas – he made it.