Venezuelan migrants set up encampment in Juárez as US expulsions mount
Lauren Villagran
El Paso Times
JUÁREZ — Dozens of migrants set up an encampment in view of South El Paso overnight as the number of Venezuelans expelled by the U.S. to this Mexican border city swelled.
For days since the expulsions began Oct. 12, Venezuelans have been sleeping in the elements near the Mexican side of the Paso Del Norte Bridge. On Tuesday, Chihuahua state authorities asked the migrants to move away from a migrant aid center and the railroad tracks, and a large group pitched tents nearby on the south bank of the Rio Grande.
The accord between the Biden administration and government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador included 65,000 U.S. visas for Mexican, Central American and Haitian workers and 24,000 slots for Venezuelans seeking asylum in exchange for Mexico agreeing to take expelled Venezuelans at its northern border.
Venezuelan migrants set up an encampment on the south bank of the Rio Grande in Juárez. Many of the migrants have been expelled under Title 42 after seeking asylum and are hoping to be accepted as refugees in the U.S. In this photo, a woman looks toward the U.S. as she tries to stay warm.
Roughly 1,800 Venezuelan nationals have been expelled to Juárez in the past two weeks, according to Enrique Valenzuela, director of Chihuahua's migrant aid center in the city, the Centro de Atención Integral al Migrante. Many other Venezuelan migrants who were en route before policies changed are arriving in Juárez daily.
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