Migration: The US political battle playing out at the Mexican border
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The US-Mexico border is the most dangerous land frontier in the world, according to the United Nations, but it's also the one with the most crossings. Since January 2023, 2.3 million migrants have been apprehended by border police after entering the United States illegally, an all-time high that does not include migrants who got through without being arrested or taken charge of, or those who died trying to cross. The situation has become unmanageable for Texas border towns like Eagle Pass, which has become the epicentre of these illegal arrivals. Our correspondent Fanny Allard reports.
Located in the heart of the Rio Grande Valley on the Mexican border, the town of Eagle Pass (population: 30,000) has become the epicentre of the US migration crisis and the symbol of Texas's resistance to the federal authorities. Back in January, the Republican Governor Greg Abbott deployed the National Guard there. He also ordered the installation of razor-wire fencing in several places to prevent migrants from entering the US. Texas justifies these decisions by what it considers a lack of action from Washington over the migration crisis.
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