The desperation at a migrant camp in Matamoros, a half-mile from the U.S. border, underscored the questions swirling around Biden's new migration policy.
MATAMOROS, Mexico — The flash of lightning woke Ernesto Roja around 2 a.m. Then the rain started pitter-pattering on his tiny yellow pop-up tent. Soon, the water was coming up through the thin plastic floor. And suddenly his makeshift home was flooded, the latest blow to a dream that’s drawn him and thousands of others to a sprawling migrant camp a half-mile from the U.S. border.
Some had heard rumors that migrants would be allowed to enter the United States more easily once a pandemic-era restriction, Title 42, was retired Thursday night. That rule allowed U.S. authorities to summarily expel asylum seekers. Fearing such obstacles, hundreds of migrants poured across the Rio Grande to seek asylum Thursday, scrambling up Texas riverbanks strung with concertina wire and lined by U.S. border officials and National Guard troops.
, more than triple the number in 2018. For all its efforts, though, a record number of migrants were detained by U.S. border agents last year.Jose Maria Ramos Garcia, a political scientist at the Colegio de la Frontera Norte, said it was difficult for Mexico to make more of an impact because of the “very broad role of traffickers” who smuggle migrants — often working with corrupt officials.
In the past few days, he’s set his hopes on getting an appointment via the CBP One app. But when the rainstorm flooded his $20 tent, his phone stopped working. “I am asking God to help all of us to pass, with the app,” he said.Life was grim at the camp even before the rainstorm. Migrants said they often eat only one meal a day. A row of port-a-potties near Roja’s tent is overflowing with human waste. Many people bathe in the river.
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