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Beyond the Border brings you human stories about the U.S. immigration system through original reporting from journalist Kate Morrissey and curated highlights from reporters across the country. The newsletter is supported by Capital & Main.

As family members and attorneys fight to free loved ones sent by the Trump administration to Salvadoran prisons, the Board of Immigration Appeals has made it more difficult for migrants to use the prisons' conditions as a reason to qualify for refuge in the United States.

The change is an example of ways the immigration court system under President Donald Trump is moving to further restrict the ability to win protection in the U.S. for people whose cases are already pending, according to several immigration attorneys.

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