Thousands of migrants from Central and South America attempted to illegally enter the United States on the Santa Fe International Bridge, which separates Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas, where they were met by armed US immigration agents.
In connection with these actions, the migration passage was suspended.
The migrants were warned that this Sunday they would have the opportunity to cross the border, also known as the Puente del Norte, without problems, and at that moment about 2,000 people gathered.
On the American side, concertinas or spiked metal fences were erected to prevent their entry, and on the Mexican side, the National Guard tried to prevent their passage, but the mob overcame them and managed to reach US Customs.
Allegations of malfunctions in electronic asylum systems grew there, and US authorities beat those who tried to cross the border, threatening others with weapons.
After the event, the crowd of migrants dispersed, and some headed for the banks of the Rio Grande, where they were still watched by US immigration agents.
Immigrants have reported that in the asylum process imposed by the Biden administration, there is an app called CBP One that appears to speed up the processing of asylum applications in the United States, but it consistently fails.
This leaves thousands of migrants adrift in high-risk areas on the border with Mexico, where organized crime is one of the main dangers.
Louise, originally from Venezuela, said that on March 1, she showed up with her appointment, and the United States authorities told her to say goodbye to her children.
He explained that it was impossible to get an appointment with relatives, in his case he had been trying since December, but the US authorities were denying him entry with his children.
Meanwhile, in Mexico, a migration and humanitarian crisis is growing, shelters are collapsing, and with no shelter, people are sleeping on the street.
The region is seeing a record migration flow, with 276 million undocumented people detained at the U.S.-Mexico border in fiscal year 2022.
With information from EFE/Reuters.