Business has spiked since a pandemic-linked health policy known as Title 42 was lifted on May 11. The health rule had allowed border agents to quickly expel...
In hopes of moving migrants, smugglers on the outskirts of Juarez study the terrain where the border wall ends at the end of the Texas/New Mexico border in Sunland Park, New Mexico, May 12, 2023. A surge of crossing migrants is expected now that the Biden administration has lifted Title 42 set by the Trump administration.was lifted May 11. The health rule had allowed border agents to quickly expel migrants back to Mexico.
Homeland Security officials also credited stronger enforcement by the governments of Mexico and Guatemala. On May 22, Mexican police cleared out a migrant camp in downtown Ciudad Juárez, a location favored because of the WiFi access needed for the CBP One app.Smugglers remain a challenge for governments. It’s a constant cat-and-mouse game across this desolate stretch of border in New Mexico across the sands of the Chihuahuan Desert.
“Over the last week, we’ve been contacted by more families who want to evade authorities and get to their destination in the United States,” Elias said. “I tell them the United States is not the country it was once,” said Rick, who asked that his full name not be shared because of fears of persecution by gang members in the area. He spoke through a 30-foot-wall border barrier. “They still need you, but there is too much hatred. I tell them it was hard for me to come back, too, but somehow I have made it work.”He pointed to a small shack behind him. “I used to make about $800 in construction in the United States,” he said.
“It is no wonder that the end of Title 42 and the confusion over what that means for which category of migrants make it a good selling point for smugglers,” she said, adding that prices also depend on what criminal organization controls what portion of the border. This was a kidnapping set-up with potential extortion to his family back in the homeland, he suspected.
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