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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2019 file photo, a Honduran mother plays with her son as they wait in line to get a meal in an encampment near the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico. One by one, asylum-seekers from El Salvador and Honduras who are waiting in Mexico for court hearings in the United States appeared before an immigration judge to explain why, after months of effort, they couldn't find an attorney.  (AP Photo/Veronica G. Cardenas, File)

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Asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico rarely find lawyers
March 22, 2020 11:37 a.m.

Asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico rarely find lawyers

SAN DIEGO (AP) — One by one, asylum-seekers from El Salvador and Honduras who are waiting in Mexico for court hearings in the United States appeared before Judge Lee O'Connor to explain why, after months of effort, they couldn't find an attorney.