Thousands of men, women with children and babies try to enter the United States to request asylum

It is a massive movement of migrants mixing confusion and anxiety on the Mexican side of the border. As of this Thursday night, the measure of the so-called Title 42 is no longer in force.

Homen, women with children and even babies attempt to enter the United States to seek asylum.

It is a massive movement of migrants mixing confusion and anxiety on the Mexican side of the border.

As of this Thursday night, the so-called Title 42 measure that has blocked access to the United States since the beginning of the pandemic is no longer in force.

There are new requirements that migrants fear are worse.

Some governments, including that of Ecuador, urged their citizens to avoid irregular migration processes and recall that the repeal of Title 42 does not mean a more flexible entry to the United States.

Thousands of migrants crowd the different border crossings, the one in San Isidro, the busiest.

even the president Joe Biden has acknowledged that the situation can be “chaotic”.

To respond, the federal government has mobilized more than 24,000 border agents and police.

The coordinator of the program for the US-Mexico border of the NGO American Friends, Adriana Jassoa lawyer specializing in the defense of Human Rights explains on the ground: “We are seeing many more women with children. If you take a look, we are seeing really little ones, like babies anywhere from 2 to 3 years old, 5, 6, maybe 10 years old.”

Asylum seekers will be subjected to a whole battery of new checks.

For example, they must make an appointment to apply for asylum online. If they don’t, they could be deported and banned from the country for five years.

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