More than 11,000 asylum seekers are already huddled on the Mexican side of the southern border in shelters in camps, waiting for a chance to cross into the United States — as the massive migrant caravan continues north.
About 3,800 asylum seekers from Mexico, Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba gathered in Tijuana, Mexico, CNN reported.
Another group of about 3,723 immigrants are biding their time in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas.
A group of 4,000 asylum seekers also wait in Matamoros, Mexico, scattered in camps, shelters and abandoned houses.
The immigrants hoped to take advantage of the federal parole program introduced by the Biden Administration earlier this year and cross legally, however, Glady Cañas, who runs a non-profit organization that provides services to asylum seekers in Matamoros, said those waiting are beginning to feel “desperate . ,” he told CNN.
Meanwhile, immigrants are crossing the southern border illegally into America in record numbers.
Nearly a quarter of a million people tried to cross the besieged border in November — the highest November total and the third highest monthly total on record.
Thousands of migrants are waiting on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border amid a border surge. Getty Images Migrants waiting to cross through official channels are getting “desperate”. AP
There were 242,418 encounters last month, according to the latest figures released by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) on Friday.
December is on track to hit an all-time high.
A caravan of migrants that could swell to 15,000 is also slowly making its way to the border after leaving Tapachula, Mexico on the Guatemalan border on Christmas Eve.
Border officials have seen a large increase in the number of Haitians, Guatemalans, Cubans and Nicaraguans trying to enter the US to take advantage of the Biden administration’s parole program for those countries.
Migrants continue to walk in caravans in an attempt to reach the US border, in Escuintla, Mexico December 28, 2023 REUTERS Migrants hope to gain access through a federal parole program introduced by the Biden administration. Reuters
However, many of them still gather at official ports of entry – such as airports or seaports – before applying for the program.
The backlog of pending immigration cases under President Biden has hit a record high, jumping to more than three million pending cases in November, according to a new report.
According to data from Syracuse University’s Transaction Records Access Clearinghouse, or TRAC, the backlog has grown by a million new cases in a year.
Migrants rest on the side of the road before continuing to walk in a caravan in an attempt to reach the US border, in Escuintla, Mexico, December 28, 2023. REUTERS
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