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Added on the 10/05/2023 22:28:01 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of migrants and US border security in El Paso, Texas, United States, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico as Title 42 expires at 11:59 pm Thursday. For more than three years, the health provision has allowed immigration authorities to swiftly send back migrants encountered at the border to their home countries or Mexico for pandemic-related reasons. IMAGES
Migrants wait on the United States side of the border with Mexico to be processed by border patrol agents. A surge of migrants is expected at the US-Mexico border cities as President Biden administration is officially ending its use of Title 42, the strict protocol implemented by previous president Donald Trump to deny entry to migrants and expel asylum seekers based on the Covid pandemic emergency. IMAGES
Migrants waiting for border patrol in the US are seen from Mexico ahead of the lifting of pandemic-era border restrictions that have made claiming asylum at the border all but impossible. IMAGES
Dozens of migrants attempt to reach the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Some then swim back to the Mexican side of the river after being warned away by Texas authorities. IMAGES
Dozens of police cars are deployed in Brownsville Texas, near the entrance of an International bridge that crosses into Mexico, as a line of defence to deter mass migrant arrivals after the Title 42 midnight deadline. IMAGES