Migrants are transferred on the back of a pick-up truck by the US Border Patrol as they are apprehended by US Border Patrol and National Guard troops in Eagle Pass, Texas, on June 30, 2022. AFPPIX: Selvin Allende is worn out. With his one-year-old daughter on his shoulders and his pregnant wife beside him, he crossed the Rio Grande from the Mexican city of Piedras Negras into Eagle Pass, Texas -- a dangerous journey that thousands of migrants undertake every year seeking a better future.
The agents look over their passports and those of other people who recently arrived, and take them into custody to study their asylum claims. The man suspected of driving the truck has said he was unaware the trailer's air conditioning had failed, according to media reports.On the Mexican bank of the river trucks come and go, letting off people crossing to the other side.
The relief can be seen in every face. Alejandro Galindo, another Venezuelan crossing the river nearby, is emotional after 26 days of traveling with two companions.
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