https://6abc.com/immigration-southern-border-entries-down-70-percent-title-42/13350846/
Unlawful southern #border entries down 70% since end of #Title42
The Border Patrol's makeshift migrant processing area a mile from the Lukeville, AZ port of entry and 1/4 mile off the main highway. This is in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, on South Puerto Blanco Drive. This is where asylum seekers are brought after coming through breaches in the border fence.
These are people seeking asylum, who immediately turn themselves in after crossing the fence. I haven't heard what happens to them after they are taken from here.
Many of us in the desert aid community are concerned that Biden's new immigration rules will push more people to try to cross the 60 miles of deadly desert between here and Interstate 8.
Cutting a single post is all it takes to breach the border wall. Once cut, it can easily be levered open enough for people to pass through.
$25 million dollars per mile was spent on this monstrosity, yet it can be defeated in minutes with a cordless angle grinder.
If you look closely, you'll see the 1/4" thick, 6" x 6" square steel tubes are filled with concrete in which two 1" diameter steel rods are embedded. All of this is simple to cut through.
My guess is that the words refer to the welder (Tim S.) and the date it was repaired previously. Such repairs can be seen all along the fence. It's probably quicker to cut than repair.
This is where most of the recent migrants were coming through a few miles west of Lukeville, AZ, brought there by traffickers who charged them large fees. The fence doesn't stop or even slow migration, but it does create a perfect business opportunity for cartels who can control the ability to cross.
A couple groups of migrants walking the border road westward toward Lukeville, AZ, waiting to be picked up by Border Patrol. The road curves around to the left and goes around the hill in front of them, but they'll probably be picked up and taken to a processing area not far away.
From there, I don't know where they go.
I spent time along the U.S.-Mexico border last week, watching changes as #Title42 ended.
There is a lot to say about what I observed on Friday and Saturday and I intend to write a short blog post. For now, a few photos.
For reasons unknown, migrants coming through the border fence (through a single cut bollard a few miles west of the Lukeville crossing) were tearing up or even burning their documents. I found ID cards from India, a half-burned passport from Mauritania, a Mexican travel visa, vaccination cards, a bus ticket from Oaxaca to Tecate, and this fragment of a document of someone from Brazil.
I don't know why they tear them, but this one in particular caught me attention. I don't know what will happen to Brazilians who entered the country without proper documents. Or Mauritanians or Indians or all the others. But I wish them good luck.
The coming post- #Title42 rules allow for 30,000 people per month from Haiti, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba (though I haven't been able to figure out whether that is cumulative or from each country) but they have to come by air, apply online first and have a sponsor in the U.S.
I wish Americans could put themselves in the position of someone fleeing for their life, only to be told that they need to apply via an app, fly somewhere and already have a sponsor to get to safety.
Those of us doing humanitarian aid along the U.S.-Mexico border are expecting to see more people trying to cross the desert —unable to qualify for asylum and fearing jail time if they are caught for a second attempt — just as we approach the hottest, driest, most dangerous season for crossing.
Meanwhile, racist #militias are using this "invasion" hype around the end of Title 42 as a recruiting tool. This is an entirely manufactured situation. It does not have to be this way.
#border #borderlands #immigration #HumanitarianAid
#Title42 update: We are greatly dismayed by the expansion of funding for #ICE and #CBP, which are rife with #humanrights #abuses and #mismanaged funding. #Investment in our #communities and #humanewelcoming, rather than increased punishment and #incarceration for people and families seeking safety, will ensure a better future for all.
The irony here is that the people who want to keep Title 42 in place don’t give a good golly about stopping the spread of COVID. If they did, they wouldn’t fight against sensible public health measures like wearing a mask and getting vaccinated. No, they just want to prevent any more POC from entering the country. The people who want to enter the country aren’t the ones creating the COVID risk. The GOP’s hardliners are.
Neocolonial #SystemicViolence: The #HumanRights Stain and #PublicHealth Farce of #Title42 is Tied to 13,000 Murders, Rapes, Kidnappings and extortion in Mexico. #Refugees are targeted by organized criminal groups, #police and other state actors. https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/21/frustration_among_migrants_at_us_mexico
@WIExaminer I want to say: Hey Right wingers (especially those that don’t believe Covid is a big deal) - do you know what title 42 is? #Title42
