Thousands of migrants pack shelters on Mexico's border with the United States as an end nears to Trump-era asylum restrictions.
abc.net.au/news/migrants-pack-mexico-us-border-ahead-of-asylum-limits-end/101784728Thousands of migrants have packed shelters on Mexico's border with the United States as an end to the Trump-era asylum restrictions nears.Tijuana has an estimated 5,000 people in more than 30 shelters
Now migrants are anticipating the end of the public-health rule known as Title 42, but Republican-led states have asked a federal appeals court to keep it in place beyond Wednesday’s scheduled end.Border cities, most notably El Paso, Texas, are facing a daily influx of migrants that the Biden administration expects to grow if asylum restrictions are lifted.
Rose, who did not provide her last name because she fears it could jeopardise her safety and her attempts to seek asylum, said she learned on her journey of possible changes to US policies. In Reynosa, about 3,000 migrants are living in tents pitched on concrete slabs and rough gravel inside the walls of Senda de Vida 2, a shelter opened by an evangelical Christian pastor when his first one reached capacity. Flies swarm everywhere under a hot sun beating down.
Gloria, a 22-year-old from Honduras who is eight months pregnant with her first child, held onto a printed sheet that read: "Please help me. I do not speak English."She expressed concerns about navigating the airport alone and making it to Florida, where she has a family acquaintance, and she had very little expectation of what she might find, except some safety and some rest.
The "Remain in Mexico" policy was used to force about 70,000 asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for US hearings.Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who sued to keep "Remain in Mexico" in place, called it a victory "for now".
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