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Joe Biden's arrival at White House, a light of hope for migrants stranded at the US border

Matamoros (Mexico) (EFE), (Camera: Marco Antonio Rodríguez).- After months stranded in the border city of Matamoros waiting to receive asylum by the United States, hundreds of migrants hope of a radical change with Joe Biden's arrival at the White House.Thousands of kilometres away, a migrant caravan was prevented from crossing the Guatemala-Honduras border.FOOTAGE OF MIGRANTS STRANDED IN MATAMOROS, MEXICO.SOUNDBITES OF:-MARÍA GUADALUPE, GUATEMALAN MIGRANT:"Here everybody is happy. Cubans watch the news and they jump with excitement, they shout... They say 'We will cross. We just have to be patient and wait a few more months. "-ROBERTO HERNÁNDEZ, SALVADORAN MIGRANT:"We are happy that a president like that arrives (at the White House). A president who is reasonable and knows about humanity."-JUAN ANTONIO SIERRA VARGAS, COORDINATOR AT MIGRANT HOUSE:"There is no support from any level of government. We are facing critical conditions."