After the migrants stroll onto U.S. soil south of border wall . . . . . the Border Patrol, under Trump's new zero-tolerance policy, is obligated to arrest them for entering illegally.
Once detained by the Border Patrol, migrants can claim fear of returning to their countries, allowing them to remain in the United States legally until an asylum hearing, which can take months or years.
Huddled against a border fence on a bitterly cold morning in El Paso, Texas, a group of 60 Guatemalan migrants, around half toddlers and children, shouted for help: “We’re cold, we’re hungry, we need shelter.” But the migrants had to wait their turn because the Border Patrol agents were already too busy herding other arrested groups along the fence to locked entry points.
Gaspar Isom, 38, who was with his 16-year-old son Sebastian, said he chose El Paso for the relative safety of its sister Mexican border city, Ciudad Juarez. The smugglers’ strategy exploits a weakness in the border wall President Donald Trump has touted as a means to protect the United States from undocumented immigrants and illicit drugs from China. Gaspar suggests Trump new border infrastructure should include climate-controlled surrender buildings where migrants can wait for the Border Patrol more comfortably.
Migrants walk along the trail on US territory built for Border Patrol vehicles south of the border looking for Border Patrol agents to surrender to
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