Desperate migrants on the border: ‘I should just swim across’ | World News, The Indian Express

Desperate migrants on the border: ‘I should just swim across’ | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Matamoros |Updated: September 30, 2019 12:57:30 pm

Desperate migrants on the border: ‘I should just swim across’

Thousands of Central American migrants have been clustered in Mexican border cities like Matamoros for months, blocked from seeking asylum in the United States by a series of escalating restrictions.

When Ana Galeano Valdez, who is six months pregnant, crossed for the first time, water rushed into her raft until it reached her chest. She reached the other side but was delivered back to Mexico by US immigration officials. (The New York Times)

Written by Caitlin Dickerson