CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - US officials stopped hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants entering the country from Mexico on Sunday (March 12) after a large group broke through Mexican lines to demand asylum in the US, only to be thwarted by barbed wire, barriers and shields. Frustrated with problems securing appointments to seek asylum using a new US government app, the...
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, try to cross the barrier of the Mexican army, to enter the Paso del Norte international bridge, during a protest to request asylum in the US, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 12.CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - US officials stopped hundreds of mostly Venezuelan migrants entering the country from Mexico on Sunday after a large group broke through Mexican lines to demand asylum in the US, only to be thwarted by barbed wire, barriers and shields.
Neither US Customs and Border Protection nor the Mexican government's national migration authority immediately replied to requests for comment. Many migrants have become fed up with the asylum process since the Biden administration made an app called CBP One available to them that was meant to streamline applications.They say the app is beset by persistent glitches and high demand, leaving them in limbo in perilous border regions.
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