The new migratory crisis that haunts Mexico

1A Texas state trooper asks Honduran migrants Edith and her son Harbin Ordóñez to come out of hiding after they raft across the Rio Grande River into the United States from Mexico on March 9.

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2The hopes of thousands of people to be received in the United States by the new administration of Democrat Joe Biden have put the border between the two countries on alert.

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3The fear of a new caravan is felt within the Government, which has insisted these days in communiqués published by the Mexican embassies in Central America that it "will not allow the irregular entry" of people through the southern border.

José Luis González REUTERS

4The action of the Mexican Administration in the face of a new migratory wave will play a role in the national political scene.

José Luis González REUTERS

5The alarm is also felt in the migration centers of the country, where the rebound in people who arrive is seen every day.

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6Migrant families and children climb the banks of the Rio Grande after being illegally brought to the United States from Mexico in Peñitas, Texas, on March 6, 2021. Adrees Latif REUTERS

7 The Biden administration began a process in February to receive 25,000 asylum seekers, as a measure to end Trump's most cruel practices.

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8The funeral, on March 14, of Rivaldo Jiménez Ramírez, a migrant murdered in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas while trying to reach the United States.

Luis Echeverria REUTERS

9 Some 100,000 migrants were detained last month trying to cross into the United States from Mexico, 28% more than in January.

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10Migrants outside the El Buen Samaritano shelter say goodbye to other migrants who are transferred to continue their asylum application in the United States, in Ciudad Juárez, on February 11.

José Luis González REUTERS

11Migrants at the airport in El Paso, Texas, about to be deported to Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, on March 16, 2021. Paul Ratje REUTERS

12Zoe, an 18-month-old Honduran girl seeking asylum, cries in her mother Evelyn's arms as she and other migrants wait to be transported by Border Patrol, after crossing into the United States from Mexico on a raft on March 15.

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13A makeshift migrant camp outside the El Chaparral crossing port as they wait for US authorities to allow them to begin their immigration process in Tijuana on March 11.

Guillermo Arias AFP

14Maribel, a pregnant Central American migrant seeking asylum, prepares to be transported by Border Patrol to a local hospital after crossing the Rio Grande illegally into the United States on March 16.

Adrees Latif REUTERS

15The authorities of the United States and Mexico have insisted that the doors remain closed for all those who do not have residency or are US citizens.

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16Pedro Luis Ruiz, a migrant from Cuba under the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) program, says goodbye with a hug inside a shelter in Ciudad Juárez, on March 11.

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17The feet of a migrant woman from Honduras, after crossing the Rio Grande into the United States, on March 14.

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18In response to the upturn in migration, the authorities have intensified controls in the border area, say migrant advocates.

José Luis González REUTERS