Representatives of the Mexican National Institute of Migration (INM) He warned thousands of migrants this Monday not to jump into the waters of the Rio Grande.from Central and South America, They came to the United States swimming To surrender to the Border Patrol.
Immigrants who are part of families spend several weeks Live in a camp located on the shores of the Rio Grande (Río Grande in the US) are eager to speed their entry into US territory lacking basic conditions and services and to end the wait in Mexico. Venezuelan immigrant Mayerlin, who did not give his last name for security reasons, told EFE: “We already want to cross the street, we can’t stand it anymore (in Mexico), they are harassing us a lot.”
Asylum seekers insist that the CBP One application, carried out by the Joe Biden government to register candidates for obtaining legal passage to that country, continues to have flaws. They also stated that they experienced grievances related to the events that took place in the last days. insecuritysuch as the burning of tents carried out by allegedly armed civilians.
failed attempt
This Monday, INM agents arrived in the Rio Grande area to ask the migrants to get out of the water and away from the coast. they were about to throw themselves on air mattressesThis action, which they use to avoid the danger of swimming, but also carries the risk of falling into the river, has already cost the lives of some immigrants.
Added to these actions were the National Guard, whose agents dispersed groups trying to fulfill the ‘American dream’ without any friction, but various allegations were made about the injustices they suffered during their stay at the Mexican border. “I’m a single mother, I’m already tired, I lie on the street with my son almost every day and I have no food to feed him,” Venezuelan María Hernández told EFE.
Minutes later, a few meters from the gate closed by the authorities, large numbers of children and adults descended from the riverbank into the river, and although an INM agent tried to stop them, outnumbered.
hundreds of crosses
The United States Border Patrol reported via its official Facebook page: They caught 1,600 immigrants in the last 24 hours The flow in the south Texas region that enters the country via the Rio Grande between Matamoros and Brownsville is called the flow. Migrants now use up to six air mattresses to pass groups of four or less, and likewise, children are transported despite the risk of passengers falling into the water, as many of them cannot swim.
In reactivating the crossings, Mexican authorities no longer prevented this and limited themselves to only observing the steady flow from the river’s edge that continued Monday afternoon.
There are an estimated 3,500 immigrants stranded in the city of Matamoros seeking to enter the United States legally or via the Rio Grande, including a growing number of immigrants from Asia. Jumping into the border river between Mexico and the United States has been a common scene since late 2022, when Central and South American immigrants also crossed the stream in high numbers, although there are US agents on the other side waiting to intervene. to them.