Mexican Journalist Wants U.S. To Grant Him Asylum
"As Mexico's drug war grinds on, the number of Mexicans fleeing to the United States is growing. And the number requesting asylum in the U-S has more than doubled. Political asylum is usually reserved for refugees claiming religious or political persecution, or fear of torture. But in a test case, a Mexican journalist has asked for asylum because, he says, the military has threatened to kill him."
JOHN BURNETT on National Public Radio.