As midnight nears, the lights of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, fill the sky on the silent banks of the Rio Grande. “This is the dream for most Cubans: Come to the United States to work and help your family back home.” 5 a.m. Friday, Aug. 9 Hundreds of miles away near McAllen, Border Patrol agents Christina Smallwood …
As Title 42 is set to expire, security officials are bracing for what could be an unprecedented influx of migrants seeking asylum along the southern border. Somerton, Arizona Immigrants turn themselves over to U.S Border Patrol agents along the U.S.-Mexico border in Somerton, Ariz., on May 11. San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico Immigrants wait under tents to turn themselves over …
Cars line up at the Paso del Norte international bridge in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, below, on the border with El Paso, Texas, top, on Nov. 8, 2021. A large group of migrants in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was blocked from crossing a bridge to El Paso over the weekend, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said. The migrants were “posing …
