Southern border of the US, saturated by the massive arrival of migrants due to the end of Title 42

a thousand migrants camps precariously in the center of the American city of Stepon the border with Mexicooverwhelmed by the massive arrival of people who have decided to risk traveling USAbefore the Thursday rises the Title 42a rule that has allowed hot expulsions for health reasons.

the governor of Texasthe republican greg abbottannounced on Monday the deployment of a new unit of the National Guard that will operate with helicopters to prevent the entry of migrants from Mexico and anticipated that they are preparing laws to consider as “Serious felony” illegal entry and thus allow the expulsion of migrants.

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In Step The state of emergency has been in force since May 1 to be able to react more diligently to the situation, due to the large influx of migrants who have decided not to wait for the Title 42 conclude to try to find a better life in USA.

In the center of the city, around the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus a thousand people are already concentrated, most of them undocumented and men, who protect themselves at night with blankets delivered by the Red Cross and during the day they use improvised shelters, made with canvas, to avoid the heat that is strongly felt in these southern latitudes of the country.

The authorities have closed the street in front of the temple to vehicular traffic, where the presence of police vehicles is visible.

Public services have also been installed for the people concentrated in the area, many of whom are planning their next step: request asylum or continue their journey north, risking arrest and deportation.

A Venezuelan and a Cuban, who do not want to be recorded or identified, show their doubts. They arrived two days ago and they are not very clear about what they can and should do once they have crossed the border.

Jose Alfredohis wife and their five and two-year-old daughters crossed the border early Sunday morning, “at two O’clock in the morning”.

This Honduran man assured EFE that they had been in Mexico for four months, after fleeing from the south of Honduras after receiving threats from gangs and having his home appliance business robbed him twice.

“It has been the hardest thing we have been through, the hardest thing in our life, very hard”, he said, before confessing that now they are calmer.

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On one side of the church some loudspeakers repeat a message read by the member of the Mayor’s Office, the county judge Ricardo Samaniegoin which he warns that “more and more migrants are on their way” and warns them that “extending your stay in this city can further delay your immigration process”.

Samaniego insists that the city’s shelters are only prepared to provide lodging for three days to new arrivals and orders them to leave: “The situation of immigrants on the street is expected to worsen”.

This morning a group of about ten municipal officials offered information to the people present to the great confusion and concern of most of them.

Title 42 immigration regulations were adopted by the former Republican president donald trump (2017-2021) under the pretext of the pandemic to allow express expulsions alleging health problems.

El Paso, the point of greatest entry of migrants

According to the head of the Border Patrol, Raul Ortizthe El Paso region is the one with the highest number of border crossings in the last six months, with a majority presence of Venezuelans.

According to data from the Customs and Border Protection Office of the United States (CBP), between October 2022 and March of this year, 1,223,067 migrants have been detained on the southern border of the country, most of them in the border region of El Paso.

Compared to the same period last year, the number of arrests in this area has increased by 134%.

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In these months, the US authorities detained 382,092 Mexicans; 85,664 Guatemalans; 75,824 Hondurans, and 30,735 Salvadorans, the main nationalities that have traditionally crossed the border without requesting the appropriate permits.

However, in recent years the flow of citizens from other Latin American countries has grown a lot and, since last October, security forces have intercepted 114,710 Cubans, 95,039 Nicaraguans, 89,201 Colombians, 61,129 Venezuelans, 58,254 Peruvians and 46,284 Haitians, among others. many nationalities.

Source: Elcomercio

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