US finds ally in Mexico as asylum policy marks first year

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FILE - In this March 5, 2019, file photo, Ruth Aracely Monroy helps her son, Carlos, with his jacket among tents set up inside a shelter for migrants in Tijuana, Mexico. The Perla family of El Salvador has slipped into a daily rhythm in Mexico while they wait for the U.S. to decide if they will win asylum. A modest home replaced the tent they lived in at a migrant shelter. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)