Matamoros (Mexico), May 11 (EFE) Rio Grande during this Thursday, while the US military reinforces the mesh with spikes and more agents join their task in the area that the families use to cross.
Also in the last hours, Venezuelans, mainly, and people of various nationalities, rushed in large numbers on the edge of the flow to walk through it, with children and black bags, where they carry their belongings.
“It is a complex situation, there are many people who are already desperate. A Venezuelan was crying, she was in a nervous breakdown, precisely because the time was getting closer, this Title 42 is ending and many are already in despair, ”said the Red Cross relief coordinator in Matamoros, Francisco Ponce.
According to information provided by the lifeguard, in the last 48 hours around 5,000 people have irregularly crossed into the United States in this area, although some have already been returned to this municipality expeditiously.
THEY CHALLENGE AUTHORITY
On the banks of the Rio Grande, federal agents are working at forced marches, extending the wire fence along the edge and more elements of the various corporations are also observed, some with riot shields that only observe the passage of asylum seekers.
“On the American side, they are putting more mesh and clearing the land, precisely because of what they think is going to happen,” Ponce said.
The awareness that the staff of the National Institute of Migration (INM) have tried to implement has not been a barrier that prevents the phenomenon, nor have the loudspeakers of the Americans who repeat over and over again that they will be deported if they arrive irregularly.
“We are going to move forward, whatever God wants, we are in God’s hands. Let them detain us for as long as they want because they had to respect the article”, expressed the Venezuelan Margorie Caballer.
This May 11, Title 42 comes to an end, implemented in the government of former President Donald Trump (2017-2020) to quickly return migrants to Mexico, and Title 8 will come to life, which has caused expectation among those who are requesting their pass into US territory.
WITH TIME UP
In recent hours, the arrival of groups has been incessant, knowing that it is possible to cross the region to Brownsville, Texas, in the southern United States, arriving over time to directly enter the river and reach that nation.
“It’s hard to go there, we have a chance to go until 12 at night,” said Venezuelan Jhon Ramírez.
It is possible that during the night of this day they will continue to enter the Rio Grande and even open new entry points due to the reinforcement of security that the US government has deployed to try to contain the migrants.
