Up to 150 migrants pass through a gusty, open-air bus depot in Brownsville, Texas each day
Under the catch-and-release policy, they are arrested, processed, then brought to the depot to carry on their journey into the United States
Volunteers have set up stations at the depot to provide food, essentials and Covid-19 tests to those arriving
The surge in migrant numbers has drawn criticism from the Republicans but President Joe Biden has defended the policy
WORLD / AMERICAS By AFP Published: Mar 17, 2021 06:53 PM In a gusty, open-air bus depot in Brownsville, Texas, Febe Carillo-Ramos speaks freely after a 161-kilometer journey from her home in Guatemala: For the first time in 20 days on the road, she can now move without worry.
With her 3-year-old son Wuermer on her lap, she shows a document given to her the day before by the US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) that allows them to travel to Houston where her husband is, to settle and work, without the immediate threat of deportation.
Migrants mostly from Central America wait in line to cross the border at the Gateway International Bridge from Matamoros, Mexico to Brownsville, Texas, the US on Monday. Photo: AFP They told me that with these papers I can go anywhere, the 29-year-old says.
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