With backpacks laden with “dreams,” single adults and families with children in their arms cross the Rio Grande/Bravo between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso daily in the hope of being released into the United States; however, the Border Guard reminded that all people entering illegally are processed in accordance with Section 8.
After migrating for days, weeks or months from Mexico, Central America, South America and sometimes from other continents, migrants find hope for a better life in the international river, as happened yesterday with a group of about 50 people who were processed El Paso border guard agents.
Arriving in the city by various means, people in a situation of mobility reached the edge of the Rio Grande and a few minutes later joined a group of 50 people formed next to the steel bars that make up the border wall, waiting to be transferred to the immigration point.
Ten of them arrived in a group, walking through the streets of the city; The couple and the minor were already walking along the US border until they found one of the doors of the border wall, where more people were found, who were followed by agents of the Texas National Guard and the border patrol.
With open arms, the migrant knelt to celebrate his finally arrival in the United States, standing between the steel wall erected by the government of former President Donald Trump and the “thorn wall” erected by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the US Council.
Following Rafael Pérez Serna Avenue, the two adult men reached the natural border between Mexico and the United States, where migrants already in the United States directed them where to cross the riverbed. A few minutes later, a couple with a baby in their arms crossed the river.
They were all greeted by a Texas National Guard agent with a bottle of water, and then a Border Patrol agent opened a metal gate set up for them by the Texas authorities so they could climb to the top of the U.S. plank without making their way through the spiked bars. rolls.
The same federal agent put each of the people, including small children, with a bracelet on one of their wrists. And finally, they were transported by truck to the immigration office to continue the process.
According to the El Paso sector border patrol, in August the average daily number of migrants encountered at the border was 800 people.
Following the termination of Section 42 on May 11, all illegal entry into the United States will be prosecuted under Section 8, which may mean placing individuals in an expedited removal process that allows the Border Patrol to quickly deport people and send migrants for prosecution. who are trying to avoid detention, repeat offenders and those involved in smuggling were warned last Wednesday, August 30th.
“The U.S. Border Patrol pursues undocumented individuals found at the border under its Section 8 powers, with severe consequences, including a five-year ban on re-entry of expellees,” he said.
Migrant diagnosed with tuberculosis
Employees of the State Secretariat of Health care for a migrant with tuberculosis at the Migrant Integration Center (CIM) of Leona Vicario, which is under control and isolated.
According to Dr. Gumaro Barrios Gallegos, deputy director of the epidemiology department of the State Secretariat of Health, this is a 30-year-old man, and this is the only case identified in the city’s shelters.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a third of the world’s population is infected with the “tuberculosis bacillus”, scientifically known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Koch’s bacillus, with the risk of developing the disease at some point in life, which is why it is considered a current public health problem in countries .
According to the federal government, tuberculosis is one of the oldest infectious diseases and can affect any organ of the human body; however, the most common form is the one that manifests in the lungs (pulmonary tuberculosis) in 85 percent of cases. Other common places where it can show up are the lymph nodes, kidneys, brain (central nervous system), and bones.
“Mexico has more than 28,000 cases of TB a year and 30 percent of people who carry the microbacterium are unaware of it,” said the head of the National Center for Disease Prevention and Control (Cenaprece) of the National Secretary of Health, Ruy López Ridaura.