LAWYERS SAY HELPING ASYLUM SEEKERS IN BORDER CUSTODY IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE

“Attorneys are essentially going into guerrilla warfare just to enter a process with a whack-a-mole setting,” said Faisal Al-Juburi, a spokesman and vice president of development for the nonprofit group RAICES, one of five organizations on a list that the government provides to help migrants held in Customs and Border Protection custody. Lawyers have long complained about the conditions and remote locations of I.C.E. detention facilities. But they say C.B.P. is much worse. Customs and Border Protection facilities were designed for booking and charging migrants who cross the border illegally. They were never intended to hold people for more than a few days or provide access from the outside world.

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