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Rumor Sends Hundreds Of Migrants Rushing For U.S. Border At El Paso, But They Hit A Wall Of Police
Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children running towards the border, shouting "to the USA."
March 14, 2023
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico — Hundreds of people tried to storm the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday, after a rumor that migrants would be allowed to cross into the United States. Around noon, a large crowd of mainly Venezuelans began to gather near the entrance of a bridge connecting Mexico's Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas in the southern United States.
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Frustrated by delays and difficulties in applying for asylum in the United States after journeys thousands of miles long through Central America and Mexico, some told AFP they thought they would be allowed entry because of a supposed "day of the migrant" celebration.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, Border Patrol Agents, and El Paso Police are seen, lower left, on the Texas side of the Paso Del Norte International Bridge which links El Paso to Juarez, Mexico, via a border crossing, as migrants gather on the other side, March 12, 2023/City of El Paso/Handout
Images on social media showed a group that included many women and children running towards the border, shouting "to the USA."
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