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Added on the 11/05/2023 19:52:56 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Aerials show migrants gathering at the US-Mexico border and being searched by agents as they surrender themselves for the processing of immigration and asylum claims ahead of the expiration of Title 42. IMAGES
Hundreds of migrants wait to be processed by US authorities in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border. The state's Republican governor signed a bill on Monday that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. The move by Governor Greg Abbott sets up a potential legal clash with the federal government, which generally sets and enforces immigration laws. 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
UN vehicles and empty trucks head to the Palestinian side of the border with Egypt as they wait for the border to open to allow trucks carrying aid to cross. Some 175 lorries stuffed with vital medicines, food, and water stretched into the distance at the Rafah crossing with Egypt, which has removed concrete roadblocks and is scrambling to repair the route into besieged Gaza -- the only one not controlled by Israel. 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