Many migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border are questioning whether to seek asylum now that Title 42 restrictions are over. Here are some of their stories from the 1,950-mile international boundary.
Pandemic-related asylum restrictions that expelled migrants millions of times were lifted early Friday, as people raced to enter the United States before new rules announced by President Joe Biden's administration set in. Pandemic-related asylum restrictions that expelled migrants millions of times were lifted early Friday, as people raced to enter the United States before new rules announced by President Joe Biden's administration set in.
After spending the previous night in a hotel, they were eager to get to the border — “to get in and go with the help of God and baby Jesus,” Guevara said. Mexican immigration officials were trying to move migrants to an improvised camp and away from a spot where they could wade across the Rio Grande. Later, Durán could be seen walking along the levee with other migrants who had crossed the Rio Grande and passed the barbed wire.
A Salvadoran man who gave his name as David moved away from the border and back into Ciudad Juarez for fear of being deported. Most migrants are transported to shelters operated by nonprofit organizations farther away from the border, but border officials will release them into communities if enough transportation isn’t available. Nicholls said officials have already told him they plan to release 141 people in Yuma County on Friday.
Others chose not not to crowd the border, instead remaining at shelters in Tijuana to wait for existing asylum appointments or trying to get them online. There were hundreds in the bright yellow buildings of the Agape Mision Mundial shelter, as more arrived at the metal gate with little more than paperwork and a few belongings.
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona runs Casa Alitas’ new 300-bed facility for men, as well as four other locations that also temporarily house women, families and vulnerable people for a combined capacity of over 1,000 beds.
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