Migrants wait anxiously to cross border into U.S. as end of Title 42 nears

Record ID: 1673591

  • Title: Migrants wait anxiously to cross border into U.S. as end of Title 42 nears
  • Date: 20th May 2022
  • Summary: CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (MAY 19, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS CROSSING INTO U.S. ALONG DRIED UP RIVER BED VARIOUS OF COUPLE WITH GIRL CROSSING BORDER ALONG DRIED UP RIVER BED COUPLE WITH GIRL SEEN BEHIND BORDER WALL ENTERING UNITED STATES GENERAL OF BORDER WALL AND U.S. - MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLOSE OF BARBED WIRE ON BORDER WALL GENERAL OF MIGRANTS CROSSING INTO U.S., ALONG DRIED UP RIVER BED CIUDAD JUAREZ, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (MAY 18, 2022) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HAITIAN MIGRANTS WAITING OUTSIDE IMMIGRATION CENTRE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) UNIDENTIFIED HAITIAN MIGRANT, SAYING: "That's what I say, whether Title 42 will end? No one knows if it's true, no one knows yet, we are waiting. We need someone to tell us, to talk to us. When we approach COMAR (Mexican Refugee Aid Commission) for whatever reason, they always reject us.” VARIOUS OF MIGRANT CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS WAITING OUTSIDE MIGRATION CENTRE GENERAL OF U.S. - MEXICO INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE CLOSE OF MIGRANTS WAITING OUTSIDE IMMIGRATION CENTER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, JESUS ROSALES, SAYING: “There are people who have been waiting a year, more than a year, nine months and Title 42 has not allowed us to request asylum. We hope in God we find solutions because we can’t return to our country.” TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO (MAY 19, 2022) (REUTERS) MIGRANTS PROTESTING OUTSIDE AMERICAN CONSULATE CLOSE OF MIGRANTS HOLDING BANNERS READING (Spanish): “No to Title 42, Agape Shelter with no COVID-19.” CLOSE OF MIGRANT GIRL ON FLOOR GENERAL OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (Spanish): “We want equality” VARIOUS OF MIGRANTS SHOWING COVID TESTS RESULTS AND VACCINATION CERTIFICATES (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MIGRANT, JUAN CARLOS GUZMAN, SAYING: “We understand Title 42 exists due to sanitary measures and that’s why we are here today with vaccination proof and COVID tests. We don't have that disease; therefore, I don’t think it’s fair to apply (Title 42) to us when we come fleeing for safety reasons.” GENERAL OF MIGRANT SHELTER CHILDREN SITTING ON STAIRS MIGRANT SITTING AT SHELTER’S ENTRANCE LAWYERS TALKING TO MIGRANTS NEARBY SHELTER'S ENTRANCE CHILDREN PLAYING NEAR SHELTER MIGRANT HOLDING MOBILE PHONE MIGRANT HUGGING SON (SOUNDBITE ) (Spanish) HONDURAN MIGRANT, MARCELA, SAYING: “We’ve been fleeing from one country to another where in reality things are worse. We don’t really know where to be safe and sometimes we believe the only hope is to reach the United States because they do follow the law over there but it’s very difficult for someone who doesn’t have the (legal) advice, someone to instruct us how to do it.” VARIOUS OF U.S. VOLUNTEER LAWYERS TALKING TO MIGRANTS NEAR SHELTER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF 'ESPACIO MIGRANTE' ORGANISATION, PAULINA OLVERA, SAYING: “There was a lot of expectation because the Biden administration had promised to eliminate Title 42 on May 23 but that was stopped in federal court and it’s most likely Title 42 will not be eliminated this Monday; however, the city is at full capacity right now. The shelters are overcrowded and there are many people who have been waiting for a long time, a large Haitian population, families and many pregnant women, families. There is a lot of uncertainty as to whether something is going to happen on the 23 (May), and a lot of nonconformity because these people have been waiting, some since 2020.” VARIOUS OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS AT PLAYGROUND IN SHELTER MIGRANT REMOVING CLOTHES FROM CLOTHESLINE CHILDREN IN PLAYGROUND AT SHELTER
  • Embargoed: 3rd June 2022 21:06
  • Keywords: Mexico Migrant Shelter Title 42 U.S. - Mexico International bridge border crossing immigration
  • Location: CIUDAD JUAREZ & TIJUANA, MEXICO
  • City: CIUDAD JUAREZ & TIJUANA, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,South America / Central America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001959420052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: A Louisiana court said on Friday (May 20) U.S. authorities were unable to immediately proceed with plans to lift restrictions that empowered U.S. agents at the Mexico-U.S. border to turn back migrants without a chance to seek asylum.
    Meanwhile, migrants at the border cities of Ciudad Juarez and Tijuana in northern Mexico, wait impatiently for May 23 -- when the "Title 42" regulation is to be reportedly repealed -- to arrive.
    Title 42 is a pandemic-related deportation policy enacted by former U.S. President Trump in March 2020, which essentially closed down the U.S. asylum system at the Mexican border.
    The order allows asylum seekers and other migrants to be rapidly expelled to Mexico to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
    “There was a lot of expectation because the Biden administration had promised to eliminate Title 42 on May 23 but that was stopped in federal court and it’s most likely Title 42 will not be eliminated this Monday," said the Director of 'Espacio Migrante' organisation, Paulina Olvera in Tijuana, Mexico.
    President Biden committed to restoring his Republican predecessor's immigration measures, including Title 42; however, a coalition of two dozen states led by Arizona, Louisiana and Missouri, all with Republican attorneys general, sued to prevent the Biden administration from ending the policy.
    (Production: Jorge Nieto, Jose Luis Gonzalez, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Sergio Rodriguez)
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