![]() ![]() It includes room for exceptions and does not apply to children traveling alone. While stopping short of a total ban, it imposes severe limitations on asylum for those crossing illegally who didn’t first seek a legal pathway. strategy to address border crossings that rose to all-time highs even with Title 42 in effect. The measure announced Wednesday is a key part of the U.S. ![]() ![]() The shelter space is “saturated,” he said, and migrants were spilling into areas around them. Miguel Meza, the head of migrant programs for Catholic Relief Services, which has 26 migrant shelters across Mexico, estimated that about 55,000 migrants were in the border cities across from the U.S. Custody numbers vary as migrants are released or deported, but in March 8,600 people were in Border Patrol custody. official who was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Roughly 10,000 people were apprehended by Border Patrol on Tuesday, among the largest apprehensions in a single day, according to a U.S. has encouraged migrants to use to present themselves at a border entry point and seek admission. “There is fear and anguish,” Tovar said Wednesday, adding that he has spent three months in Juarez trying to get an appointment through an app the U.S. He was trying again 24 hours later, with the goal of crossing before Title 42′s use expires. authorities.įran Tovar, a 30-year-old electrician from Venezuela who left two children behind to try to reach the U.S., was expelled from the U.S. In Ciudad Juarez, migrants arrived this week in small groups by train or bus, leaving daily to surrender to the U.S. side they scrambled up the bank, pausing to put on dry clothing, before carefully picking their way through the rows of concertina wire. A man held it atop his head while another waded beside him as a precaution. One family swaddled a tiny baby inside an open suitcase. They slowly waded into the river as more migrants arrived, some crossing themselves before following the line across the flowing border. ![]() Many stripped down before descending the steep riverbank grasping plastic bags filled with clothes. officials have detailed steps they’ve taken, including increasing deportation flights, as they prepare for what many are expecting to be a substantial increase in migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border.Īt the Rio Grande in Matamoros on Wednesday, migrants arrived steadily. Families who cross the border will face curfews and monitoring the head of household will wear an ankle bracelet as their cases are heard within 30 days.īut there’s also a plan to open 100 regional migration hubs across the Western Hemisphere and granting humanitarian parole to 30,000 people a month to enter the country from four countries. The rule announced Wednesday is part of new measures meant to crack down on illegal border crossings while creating new legal pathways. officials warned of difficult days ahead as the program tied to the COVID-19 pandemic expires this week. That rule has allowed the government to quickly expel migrants to Mexico. readies for the end of a key pandemic restriction.Īsylum seekers have been showing up at the border in huge numbers in anticipation of this week’s end of the use of a restriction known as Title 42. It marks a fundamental shift in immigration policy as the U.S. CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - The Biden administration on Thursday will begin denying asylum to migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border without first applying online or seeking protection in a country they passed through. ![]()
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