A new regulation will take effect that could bar most who cross illegally from seeking asylum. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SAN DIEGO/WASHINGTON - Thousands of migrants are crossing into the United States this week before a new regulation takes effect that could bar most who cross illegally from seeking asylum, while others gathered on the Mexico side amid confusion about US policy.
If they are caught, they could be deported and barred from the United States for five years if they do not qualify for asylum. Drone footage showed large crowds gathering at the border fence by El Paso, Texas, across from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.Mexican soldiers had clashed with an armed group of suspected people smugglers, killing three, officials in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas said.At a towering wall dividing San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Mexico, hundreds of migrants have been jumping across in recent days, waiting to turn themselves in to US agents.
Migrants stand in line as they wait to be processed by the US Border Patrol after crossing the border from Mexico on May 10 in Brownsville, Texas. PHOTO: AFP
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