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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I am not super happy about staying, but that’s what I can do.” Brazil saw waves of migrants passing through to North America in the first part of the year. There were Indians, Bengalis, Senegalese and Nigerians, among others, said Rêmullo Diniz, the coordinator of Gefron, Acre state’s police group for border operations, When Biden said he was going to crack down, many people in those groups began staying in their countries instead of heading to Latin America, Brazilian government officials and independent analysts said. At the Assis Brasil shelter where they were staying last month, he said that he hopes “to go to Venezuela and get key documents to try to cross in a better fashion.” “I want to be cautious because of my daughter,” he said. “Being here helps.” Acre state’s patrol has about 40 agents to inspect 2,600 kilometers of border with Peru and Bolivia.

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