Brazilian Judge Orders Border Closed to Venezuelan Immigrants

Brazilian Judge Orders Border Closed to Venezuelan Immigrants
Venezuelans are pictured with their luggage before showing their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil Nov. 16, 2017. Reuters/Nacho Doce
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BRASILIA—A Brazilian judge has ordered the border crossing from Venezuela closed to Venezuelan immigrants fleeing their country’s economic and political turmoil but the border remained open on Aug. 6 pending an appeal by the federal government.

Hundreds of Venezuelans continued to walk across into Brazil, a border official said.