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Matamoros, Nov 9 (EFE).- Migrants who for more than a year have been living in a camp set up in the city of Matamoros along the Mexican side of the Rio Bravo - known in the US as the Rio Grande - are celebrating the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 US presidential election and are now hoping for the overturning of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) and the ability to enter the US legally.The news of President Donald Trump's defeat in the election spread quickly through the improvised camp via word of mouth and WhatsApp groups, and expectations are high that the US stance on migration will change markedly after Biden takes office on Jan. 20, 2021. (Camera: MARCO ANTONIO RODRÍGUEZ).SHOT LIST: CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS CELEBRATE THE VICTORY OF US PRESIDENT-ELECT JOE BIDEN AND PREPARE A DONALD TRUMP DOLL AS A SYMBOLIC ACT OF REJECTION OF HIS GOVERNMENT, IN THE BORDER CITY OF MATAMOROS, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: HONDURAN MIGRANTS MELINA MEJIA AND DENIS FLORES (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATIONS:1. MELINA MEJIA, A HONDURAN MIGRANT. - I feel happy knowing that we have a new president who's going to value us because we've been suffering for a long time in the camp. We hope to accomplish what we wanted to. What we're hoping is that he'll help us because we don't want to be here any longer. We have come for the future of our kids.- My asylum request is being appealed. I presented evidence and nothing worked for me. We're hoping that this president can get things moving. 2. DENIS FLORES, A HONDURAN MIGRANT. - I'm almost sure that there are going to be more caravans to the US and especially from my country, Honduras, because our brothers there are devastated.
Authorities on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala detain undocumented Central American migrants hoping to reach the US, amid speculation about the contents of Mexico's deal to curb migration in order to avert President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs. IMAGES
Hundreds of Central American migrants attempt to storm a border fence separating Mexico from the United States amid mounting fears they will be kept in Mexico while their applications for asylum are processed. IMAGES
Hundreds of Honduran migrants who made it into Mexican territory sing their country's national anthem on the shore of the Suchiate river, while thousands remain stranded on a border bridge between Guatemala and Mexico where riot police barred their progress. IMAGES
Migrants attempt to pull down a section of a barbed wire fence installed by Texas authorities on the Mexico-US border. The tensions on the border come amid an ongoing legal back-and-forth over a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. IMAGES
Hundreds of migrants wait to be processed by US authorities in Eagle Pass, Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border. The state's Republican governor signed a bill on Monday that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. The move by Governor Greg Abbott sets up a potential legal clash with the federal government, which generally sets and enforces immigration laws. IMAGES
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