These refugees traveled through many countries to get here and expected to have an easy time with their asylum request. But they are in detention and don't know what will happen now. They paid many thousands of dollars to get here and it is not what they expected. - - Donna Poisl
By MANUEL VALDES, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TACOMA, Wash. -- Dressed in a blue prison jumpsuit, 21-year-old Allie Muktar - the only one who can speak English well in a group of about 40 Somali men - interprets legal tips from a pro-bono attorney in a meeting room of the Northwest Detention Center.
All the men are seeking asylum in the United States after entering the country through Mexico. They are part of a growing number of East African immigrants who in recent years have used routes traditionally traveled by Latino immigrants
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