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Added on the 21/12/2023 00:48:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Migrants wait between two walls on the United States side of the border with Mexico, as pandemic-era controls barring migrants from claiming US asylum expire at midnight Thursday amid fears of chaos at the border, with a tough new policy spelling uncertainty for thousands seeking refuge in America. IMAGES
Hundreds of Central American migrants arrive in the city of Tijuana on the US-Mexico border after more than a month on the road, bringing the estimated total of migrants at the border to more than 1,500. IMAGES
Migrants attempt to pull down a section of a barbed wire fence installed by Texas authorities on the Mexico-US border. The tensions on the border come amid an ongoing legal back-and-forth over a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. IMAGES
Dozens of migrants attempt to reach the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Some then swim back to the Mexican side of the river after being warned away by Texas authorities. IMAGES
Images of migrants and US border security in El Paso, Texas, United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico as Title 42 expires at 11:59 pm Thursday. For more than three years, the health provision has allowed immigration authorities to swiftly send back migrants encountered at the border to their home countries or Mexico for pandemic-related reasons. IMAGES