[1/6] Migrants queue near the border fence, after crossing the Rio Bravo river, to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents and request asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico December 21, 2022.
Watching migrants trickle past gates into the United States, several Venezuelans lamented the last-minute move.
Title 42 allows U.S. authorities to send migrants of certain nationalities, including Venezuelans, back to Mexico without a chance to seek asylum.
Migrants in other border cities face a similar quandary.
With temperatures forecast to chill further, he worries that those anxious to reach the United States will risk their lives crossing the river.