From KERA:
When Jesús Enrique Rodriguez Mendoza turned himself in to immigration officials, he figured he would be detained but assumed it would be for a short time. Instead, he spent nearly two years in an El Paso detention facility.
The relatively small number of lawyers who are based in the remote El Paso ICE sector, and the large number of detained migrants seeking help makes it difficult for asylum-seekers to find representation.
Mallory Falk / KERA News
The Otero County Processing Center is one of five immigration detention facilities in the El Paso sector, which spans West Texas and New Mexico.
From KERA:
When Jesús Enrique Rodriguez Mendoza turned himself in to immigration officials, he figured he would be detained but assumed it would be for a short time. Instead, he spent nearly two years in an El Paso detention facility.