Faith leaders, academics 

call on asylum process

across the state and across the country visited Matamoros on Saturday, calling for asylum to remain protected in the U.S. The group, consisting of academics, leaders from local and state nonprofit organizations and churches who provide aid to migrants along the southern border, gathered in front of Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville Saturday for a prayer walk to Matamoros. The walk, which ended in a migrant encampment along the Rio Grande in Matamoros, was led by the Practice Mercy Foundation, a nonprofit migrant aid organization based in McAllen.