(EFE).- Agents of the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico warned thousands of migrants on Monday not to jump into the waters of the Rio Grande, but hundreds of them, coming from Central and South America, arrived in the United States United swimming to surrender to Border Patrol.
For several weeks, groups of migrants who are part of the families that live in a camp that lacks basic conditions and services, located on the banks of the Rio Grande, have been throwing themselves into the flow to reach US territory in their eagerness to speed up their entry. to that country and end the wait in Mexico.
“We already want to cross, we can’t take it anymore (in Mexico), they harass us a lot,” Venezuelan migrant Mayerlin told EFE, who omitted her last name for security reasons.
Asylum seekers insist that the CBP One application, run by the Joe Biden government to register candidates to obtain legal passage to that nation, continues to have flaws.
In addition, they indicated that in recent days they have been victims of insecurity situations, such as the burning of tents carried out by allegedly armed civilians.
Asylum seekers insist that the CBP One application, run by the Joe Biden government to register candidates to obtain legal passage to that nation, continues to have flaws
This Monday, INM agents arrived in the Rio Grande area to ask several who were about to throw themselves on inflatable mattresses to move away from the shore. The National Guard joined these actions, whose agents dispersed the groups. Although there was no violent confrontation, several complaints were made about the injustices they experience during their stay on the Mexican border.
“I’m a single mother, I’m already tired, I’m practically sleeping on the street with my son every day and I don’t have food to feed him,” Venezuelan María Hernández told EFE.
Minutes later, a few meters from the crossing closed by the officials, a considerable number of children and adults appeared who descended into the stream and, although an INM agent tried to stop them, he was overwhelmed by the crowd.
Through its official Facebook page, the United States Border Patrol reported that in the last 24 hours they had intercepted 1,600 migrants
Through its official Facebook page, the United States Border Patrol reported that in the last 24 hours they had intercepted 1,600 migrants who entered the country through the Rio Grande, between Matamoros and Brownsville, as the flow in the region is called. of south Texas.
Now migrants use up to six inflatable beds to pass groups of four or fewer people, and in the same way children are also transferred despite the risk that travelers could fall into the water since many do not know how to swim.
In the reactivation of the crossings, the Mexican authorities no longer prevented it and only limited themselves to observing from the edge of the river the constant flow that persisted on Monday afternoon.
There are an estimated 3,500 migrants stranded in the city of Matamoros seeking to enter the United States legally or via the Rio Grande, including a growing number of migrants from Asia.
Jumping into the border river between Mexico and the United States is a common scene since the end of 2022, when migrants also crossed the stream with high numbers without caring that there were US agents on the other side to intercept them.
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