In a rush to cross the border, asylum-seeking people flee shelters only to discover Texas barbed wire.
The three Cuban families stayed in a house in Juarez for their first day. However, by Tuesday, they were planning to remain by the creek until they could cross the border, retreat to the U.S. Border Patrol, and file an asylum say.
Second, they had to figure out how to maneuver past the barbed wire fence and wandering inspections of Texas Army National Guard men.
” We’ve been here for two weeks now. Leidys, who fled Venezuela’s crime and rising living costs several months ago in search of the American dream, said,” We stay here under the shade and we go there at night.”
Some asylum seekers are rapidly being forced to spend days in near triple-digit heat in Juarez, frequently on the streets or near the river, due to the obstacles to crossing the border. The El Paso, Texas- Juarez, Mexico place recorded a peak heat of 96 levels on Thursday.
According to officials in Juarez, some migrants have experienced dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in the last two weeks. People are consuming whatever cheap street food they can afford, falling victim to stomach ailments.
Provincial employees are scurrying through the area looking for people begging on city streets or organizations of migrants on street corners. According to city authorities, they give out bottled water to the migrants and ask them to places of shelter.
The migrants claim, however, that the homes are only for sleep. Just people are permitted to stay outside from dawn to dusk.
” Best now, we’re under a tree because the sun is extremely strong”, said Catherine, another Cuban immigrant.
When the moon changes place,” we move around to where the color is because we cannot remain here all day”, added Manuel, her traveling friend.
On the Rio Grande’s businesses, enduring burning sand.
A girl ran around the river with folded paper on her mind to shield herself from the sunlight on the banks. On Thursday evening, mother made makeshift tents out of threadbare blankets and sat on clothes to protect themselves and their babies from the losing sands.
A number of families along the river frequently turned their attention toward the U.S. side in hopes that Texas soldier patrols may depart so they could attempt a crossing.
There was nothing to do but waited and drink water, according to one immigrant mother.
” We consume a lot of water, a bit. This jug wo n’t last long. The unnamed woman said,” It will last me a moment, then we have to go out” to beg for money to purchase more. The skin her brother suffered while hanging out by the river last week was revealed to a Border Report cameras.
Sergio Rodriguez, Juarez’s Civil Protection Office chairman, said city employees for a long time have been telling workers never to camp out along the river.
” That’s not a good place to spend the night or stay out in the morning. Our area has extremely high temperatures, and the river water is filthy. There is n’t enough shelter, which could make them susceptible to heat stroke,” Rodriguez said.
He added that by the day Central and South American migrants arrive in Juarez, they are often emaciated, tired and with “low body threats”. He said initial responders last month saved the life of a 10- quarter- old lady who had a fever, diarrhea and dehydration.
The standard said Juarez homes are 60 percent complete, on average, and have employees or visiting doctors. Rodriguez is a little upset that many migrants are declining the offer to go to homes, just like other local officials who are willing to assist the asylum seekers.
” We encourage them to go to these shelters where they can enjoy air- fitness, good hygiene and, above all, clinical care”, he said.
