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Added on the 25/11/2018 22:15:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Migrants attempt to pull down a section of a barbed wire fence installed by Texas authorities on the Mexico-US border. The tensions on the border come amid an ongoing legal back-and-forth over a Texas law that would allow state police to arrest and deport migrants who cross illegally into the United States from Mexico. IMAGES
Dozens of migrants attempt to reach the United States by swimming across the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Some then swim back to the Mexican side of the river after being warned away by Texas authorities. IMAGES
Hundreds of migrants attempt to cross Mexico's border with the United States in Ciudad Juarez after 38 people died in a fire at a Mexican detention center in the city. IMAGES
Families with young children climb the border fence on Mexico's Tijuana beach attempting to reach the United States. In the last 11 months, at least 1.8 million people have reached the southern US border, many of them searching for safety and economic opportunities. IMAGES
Men, women and children walk on the US side of the US-Mexico border after crossing the Rio Grande river that divides the two countries, before surrendering and being processed by US Customs and Border Protection agents. The US is readying its response to an expected surge of migrants seeking to enter as tens of thousands of people are waiting at crossing points for the end of pandemic-era rules that had forbidden virtually all asylum claims at the border. The so-called Title 42 expires overnight Thursday into Friday. IMAGES