Over 100,000 migrants still waiting in Mexico to cross into the US

Despite the Biden administration insisting it has got tough on the border, 104,000 migrants are still waiting in northern Mexico to enter the US and claim asylum.

That number is significantly higher than the 60,000 who were estimated to be in the area waiting to cross by Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz in mid-May when Title 42 measures ended with a huge surge at the border.

Although the government has put tougher penalties in place for those caught attempting to enter the US illegally, up to 43,500 migrants are being waved into the country legally each month after applying through the government’s CBP One app.

That has led to tens of thousands of migrants – mostly Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans – determined to wait it out and trying their luck for one of the 1,450 daily appointments offered through the app.

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