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Migrants line up to board vans after surrendering to US border patrol agents upon crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico into El Paso, Texas May 11, 2023

World

Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire

The United States bolted tough new immigration policies into place Friday, setting up an uncertain future for desperate migrants reaching its southern border as...

AFPMay 12, 2023

A migrant woman waits to be processed by the Border Patrol in the sector of El Paso, Texas, after crossing from Ciudad Juarez in Mexico on May 11, 2023

World

Uncertainty as Covid-era US border rules expire

Rules that have allowed US border guards to summarily expel hundreds of thousands of would-be asylum seekers over the last three years expired early...

AFPMay 12, 2023

From Friday would-be migrants must register their details and upload a photograph on CBP One

World

‘A game of chance’: Migrants battle glitchy app at US border

People seeking asylum at the United States' southern border will, from Friday, hinge on an app that has just 2.5 stars in the App...

AFPMay 11, 2023

Mexican police patrol their side of the border as a member of the US military walks past a barb wire fence in Eagle Pass, Texas

World

US bolsters border as Covid-era asylum rules lapse

Tens of thousands of US law enforcement personnel have been deployed to the border with Mexico, officials said Wednesday, as waiting migrants voiced confusion...

AFPMay 10, 2023

Migrants wait in line to turn themselves in for processing to US Customs and Border Protection border patrol agents in El Paso

World

‘Chaotic for a while’ at US border as rules change: Biden

The US border with Mexico will be “chaotic for a while,” President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday, days before pandemic-era rules that have made claiming...

AFPMay 9, 2023