Spurred by rumor, hundreds of migrants mass at US border in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez

Record ID: 1736846

  • Title: Spurred by rumor, hundreds of migrants mass at US border in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez
  • Date: 8th August 2023
  • Summary: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO (AUGUST 8, 2023) (REUTERS) MEXICO AND U.S. FLAGS WAVING AT BORDER BRIDGE BORDER PATROL AGENT BEHIND RAZOR WIRE FENCE BORDER BRIDGE
  • Embargoed: 22nd August 2023 22:38
  • Keywords: Border El Paso Mexico Migrants United States
  • Location: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO & EL PASO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • City: CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO & EL PASO, TEXAS, UNITED STATES
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Asylum/Immigration/Refugees,South America / Central America,North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003323408082023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of migrants gathered alongside the U.S. border in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez late on Monday (August 7), after false rumors spread via social media and word-of-mouth saying the U.S. would allow entry.
    Some said they had been waiting for weeks to secure appointments to request asylum via a U.S. mobile app called CBP One, and were eager to try their luck at the border itself.
    About 1,000 people clustered around the border just opposite the Texas city of El Paso - some peering through the slats of the fence while others sat alongside an industrial train line headed to the United States.
    Officers from Customs and Border Protection uncoiled razor wire across the railway gate.
    (Production: Jose Luis Gonzalez, Alberto Fajardo, Anna Portella)
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