This is the place where two worlds collide: the desperation of Central American migrants and the politics of the United States.
Migration has surged to its highest level in years, driven by violence, poverty — and hopes for a new U.S. president. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
Migration has surged to its highest level in years, driven by violence, poverty — and hopes for a new U.S. president. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
The Biden administration is expelling most of the migrants, as President Donald Trump did. But Mexico’s shelters are filling up, and it’s refusing to take back some families. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ 
“We encounter a lot of small children that come alone without their parents, and I wouldn’t send my kids alone like that,” said Roque Vela, a Hidalgo County deputy constable. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
“They come here, and they think that they’ve gotten into the United States. And when they are least aware, suddenly they’re back in Mexico again,” said Pastor Juan Fierro, who runs a shelter in Cuidad Juárez. wapo.st/347JXHN
The government’s emergency authority to expel most Central American migrants — under Title 42 — will expire as the pandemic eases.
The Biden administration’s border challenge may only intensify. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
The Biden administration’s border challenge may only intensify. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
Post photographer Michael Robinson Chavez spent nine days on the U.S.-Mexico border, photographing families crossing the Rio Grande and documenting the shelters that were filling up with people who were not allowed to stay in the U.S. wapo.st/3fsQkuQ
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