JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – For a third consecutive day, Central and South American migrants showed up by the hundreds at the border wall in El Paso, Texas, hopeful the Biden administration will listen to their pleas for asylum.
Some got off trains south of Juarez, Mexico, on Thursday morning and walked three to four hours until reaching the Rio Grande with their children in tow. Others had been in Juarez for several weeks and – unable to get appointments through the CBP One app – joined the crowd of newcomers heading to the border wall.Desktop version of CBP One app coming soon, CBP says
“I’ve been (in Juarez) three months. Work ran out and I came here. I hope they let me in, they help me because I came here to work, to look for a better future,” said Edgar Enrique, a Venezuelan in his 20s. He dismissed recent U.S. Customs and Border Protection warnings that foreign nationals entering the country between ports of entry risk swift Title 42 expulsions.
“I’m not thinking they’re going to say no. I am here with a positive (mentality) that they will let us in,” Luis Enrique said. He talked about the need to provide for his parents in a country where inflation and unemployment are soaring. He talked about procuring a better future for his 7-year-old son, Yenderson, who stayed behind in Venezuela.
The multitude walked across the nearly dry Rio Grande in small groups, and with younger migrants helping older ones and mothers with children avoid falling. Then they walked along the river levee long enough to skirt the new barbwire fence being put in place by the Texas National Guard near Gate 36 of the border wall.
by Prozco®