Migrants in limbo at US border after Title 42 ends

(12 May 2023)
FOR CLEAN VERSION SEE STORY NUMBER: 4434272, 4434036, 4434115, 4434129
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Matamoros, Mexico - 12 May 2023
1. Various of Jesus Bravo, 23, pushing a stroller with his two twins
Headline: Migrants in limbo at US border after Title 42 ends
ANNOTATION: Jesus Bravo left his hometown in Venezuela with his wife in 2022 to reach the United States.
ANNOTATION: He’s faced many challenges on the journey including the birth of twins.

2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jesus Bravo, Venezuelan migrant:
“I’ve been on this journey for 9 months. I got stuck in Panamá when they closed the border for the first time. And then when my wife was pregnant I couldn’t advance.”
3. Bravo pushing a stroller with his two twins
ANNOTATION: He is one of the thousands that arrived at the US border before new restrictions set in.
ANNOTATION: The U.S. government has encouraged them to register online rather than make the dangerous and expensive journey.

4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jesus Bravo, Venezuelan migrant:
"I am tired of the (CBP One) app. They never reply, they never give me an appointment so I have to cross through the river like everybody else. We have to risk it to make it.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Matamoros, Mexico - 11 May 2023
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5. Various of migrants walking along river bank after crossing river, soldiers on other side of fence,
ANNOTATION: Many other migrant families are also taking that dangerous route.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tijuana, Mexico - 11 May 2023
6. Various of border area between the US and Mexico, migrants gathered
ANNOTATION: Meanwhile, huddled between two border walls separating Tijuana, Mexico from San Diego, US, many families wait for a chance to apply for asylum.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Ysidro (across from Tijuana, Mexico), California, United States - 11 May 2023
7. Various of migrants and police gathered along US-Mexico border, as seen through bars of fence
ANNOTATION: Many of them have already spent days in limbo with little food.
ANNOTATION: Watched by police they are unsure where to go or what to do next.
STORYLINE:
Jesús Bravo is one of the thousands of migrants who flowed north to the U.S. border with his family, braving the treacherous Darien Gap.

Bravo faced extra challenges after his wife gave birth to twins in Panama, making him a father just as they started their journey.

Pushing a double stroller and carrying their lives in a few bags, Bravo and his family decided to reach the United States by crossing the Rio Grande in the northern Mexican city of Matamoros, following border policy changes by the United States government.

"I am tired of the (CBP One) app. They never reply, they never give me an appointment, so I have to cross through the river, like everybody else," Bravo told the Associated Press.

On May 11, the United States government ended pandemic-related restrictions on people requesting asylum at the border — also known as Title 42, under which migrants have been expelled from the U.S. since March 2020.

The U.S. government, for months, has encouraged migrants to register with their online application CBP One, rather than make the dangerous and expensive journey to the border.

If applicants appear eligible for asylum and can line up a financial sponsor in the U.S., they receive an appointment at the border for further screening.

Under the new rules, migrants face being barred from entering the U.S. for five years and possible criminal prosecution.

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