Last-Ditch Attempt to Enter the US: Migrants Rush Across the US-Mexico Border Before Title 42 Expiry

It’s a story that’s all too familiar: of vulnerable people, facing a desperate situation, and having no choice but to seek refuge in the United States. For the last few days, migrants have been making the arduous journey across the Mexico-U.S. border in the final hours before pandemic-related asylum restrictions are lifted at midnight. Barrios and his family are among them. Already having been expelled once when they attempted to cross the border last week, he said: “We don’t have any money left, we don’t have food, we don’t have a place to stay, the cartel is pursuing us. What are we going to do, wait until they kill us?” On the U.S. side of the river, many have surrendered to authorities and hope to be released while pursuing their cases in backlogged immigration courts - a pro…