In addition to becoming the sector with the largest irregular crossing of migrants between Mexico and the United States, during fiscal year 2023 (FY-23) El Paso has also detected a greater number of nationalities seeking political asylum.
According to the Border Patrol (USBP) of the El Paso Sector, while in the entire fiscal year 2021 (from October 2020 to September 2021) 193,000 migrants of 64 different nationalities were found at the border During the first six months of FY-23 (October 2022 to March 2023), there were 265,037 meetings from at least 89 different countries of origin.
The El Paso Sector covers 431 kilometers along the border with Chihuahua, from Lordsburg, New Mexico, to Fort Hancock, Texas, where more than a thousand people from America, Europe and Asia arrive daily by means of trucks, trains and planes. , after fleeing due to causes such as poverty, violence, armed attacks, their governments or natural disasters.
Among the migrants detected by the immigration authorities during the last six months there have been natives of China, India, Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Turkey, who arrive by air in Ciudad Juárez and then cross the border between Mexico and the United States, mainly through through the Rio Grande, called Rio Grande in the neighboring country.
According to official statistics from the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), from October to March, the El Paso Sector Border Patrol registered 71,700 irregular crossings of Mexicans, 26,047 crossings Guatemalans, 6,757 Hondurans and 6,838 Salvadorans.
In the same period, 1,580 crossings of migrants from Brazil, 29,359 from Colombia, 11,157 from Cuba, 23,077 from Ecuador, 37,399 from Nicaragua, 4,625 from Peru and even one person from Canada were detected. .
There were also 84 irregular entries of people from Haiti, who managed to reach the United States after migrating for years through up to 11 countries; as well as 31 thousand 371 Venezuelan crossings, who after weeks or months of travel arrive in Ciudad Juárez aboard the freight train that crosses Mexico.
A total of 90 people from China were also processed by Border Patrol agents after crossing the border through the desert, the border wall or the international river located almost 12 thousand kilometers from their place of origin, as well as 5 thousand 244 from Turkey who traveled 11,200 kilometers to reach El Paso.
At the same time, 26 people from India, two from Romania, 607 from Russia and eight from Ukraine were also detected at the same time, while the rest of the migrants who crossed the border through an unauthorized port to enter the United States came from at least 70 countries more.
Currently, Title 42 applies to citizens of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, and Haiti, who, upon crossing the border, are expelled to the Mexican borders, although on some occasions they are deported to their countries according to with the number of arrests or the conditions in which they were found.
The rest of the nationalities are subject to Title 8, through which they can be deported to their country of origin, as is also the case with Ecuadorians and Colombians, according to their own testimonies. Although as of May 12, due to the end of Title 42, all nationalities will be processed under Title 8, so they must enter the United States through the CBP One application or after the request of an economic sponsor.
