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After a lull, asylum-seekers adapt to US immigration changes and again overwhelm border agents

By ELLIOT SPAGAT, Associated Press
Published: September 21, 2023, 1:06pm

JACUMBA HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) — A group of migrants from China surrendered to a Border Patrol agent in remote Southern California as gusts of wind drowned the hum of high-voltage power lines, joining others from Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and elsewhere in a desert campsite with shelters made from tree branches.

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