At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out late on Monday at a migrant holding center in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government's National Migration Institute said
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the blaze apparently broke out after migrants set fire to mattresses in protest after discovering they would be deported.
"I was here since one in the afternoon waiting for the father of my children, and when 10 p.m. rolled around, smoke started coming out from everywhere," said 31-year-old Viangly Infante, a Venezuelan national. The fire, one of the most lethal to hit the country in years, occurred as the U.S. and Mexico are battling to cope with record levels of border crossings at their shared frontier.in Mexican border cities as authorities attempt to process asylum requests using a new U.S. government app known as CBP One.
At the same time, the United States said it would allow up to 30,000 people from those three countries plus Venezuela to enter the country by air each month.
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