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Migrants mass at U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42 ends

Migrants who have traveled from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru and Central American fear that it could be harder for them to stay on U.S. soil once the restrictions are lifted.

By Associated Press

May 11, 2023

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Haitian migrants wade through water as they cross the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S., Tuesday, May 9.
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Migrants wade across a river during as they trek across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama, in hopes of reaching the U.S., Wednesday, May 10.
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Migrants cross the Rio Grande into the U.S. with a baby in a suitcase, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10. Asylum seekers have been showing up at the US-Mexico border in huge numbers in anticipation of the restriction of Title 42, that had allowed the government to quickly expel migrants to Mexico. New measures were announced Wednesday creating new legal pathways for migrants.
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Migrants walk up the bank on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande river, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10.
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Migrants walk up the bank on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande river, as seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, May 10.
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A migrant family from Peru walk towards a gate in the border fence after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11. Migrants rushed across the border hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions were to expire Thursday, fearing that new policies would make it far more difficult to gain entry into the United States.
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Migrants are stopped by a Texas National Guard soldier after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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A Texas National Guard soldier provides security around migrants gathered around a gate in the border fence in El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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Migrants wait in the cold at a gate in the border fence after crossing from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico into El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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A Texas National Guard soldier ties rows of barbed-wire to be installed near a gate at the border fence in El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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Texas National Guard soldiers carry a barbed-wire to be installed near a gate at the border fence in El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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Texas National Guard soldiers install new rows of barbed-wire near a gate at the border fence in El Paso, Texas, in the early hours of Thursday, May 11.
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A migrant gestures to Texas National Guards standing behind razor wire on the bank of the Rio Grande river, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11.
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Migrants stand on the bank of the Rio Grande river as Texas National Guards block them from behind razor wire, seen from Matamoros, Mexico, Thursday, May 11.

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