Original title: The United States and Mexico reopen two railway bridges and the two countries will discuss the issue of illegal immigration
The U.S. government said it reopened two railway bridges connecting Texas and Mexico on the 22nd local time. The two railway bridges were temporarily closed five days ago after a large number of illegal immigrants were found trying to climb onto freight trains and sneak into the United States. Officials from both countries plan to meet in the near future to discuss illegal immigration.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that on the afternoon of the 22nd, the railroad bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, resumed operations. The White House says the United States will operate two rail bridges around the clock in the coming days.
Customs and Border Protection announced in a statement on the 17th that it would temporarily close the above-mentioned railway bridge “in order to reallocate personnel to assist the U.S. Border Patrol in detaining illegal immigrants.”
The statement said that the United States has recently noticed that criminal gangs use freight trains to organize illegal immigrant smuggling, and has taken additional measures to respond, including increasing the manpower of law enforcement agencies and cooperating with Mexico.
According to the Associated Press, the closure of the railway bridge has been widely opposed by U.S. and Mexican businesses.
In Mexico, illegal immigrants, mainly from Central and South American countries, often climb onto freight trains and hitchhike to northern border cities, where they try to cross the Mexican-U.S. border into the United States. However, due to crowded carriages and poor ventilation, tragedies of illegal immigrants suffocating or even dying of dehydration often occur.
An internal report seen by Reuters showed that U.S. border managers arrested approximately 10,800 illegal immigrants on the southwest border on the 18th. Some current and former officials said the number was close to or reaching a single-day record.
U.S. data show that in November, the U.S. Border Patrol arrested 191,113 people who illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States, an average of 6,370 arrests per day. This was the fourth consecutive month of growth since July, and the number of arrests increased compared to October. 1.2%. US reports show that the number of arrests surged in December, with the number of arrests even exceeding 10,000 on some days.
Customs and Border Protection has recently implemented a number of measures, closing a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Arizona, a U.S.-Mexico border crossing in San Diego, California, and a vehicle crossing in Eagle Pass. Some crossings remain fully or partially closed to redirect personnel to deal with illegal immigration.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on the 22nd that he was willing to help deal with the flow of migrants that has led to the closure of U.S.-Mexico border crossings.
The United States announced on the 21st that a delegation composed of high-level U.S. officials will visit Mexico to negotiate on how to implement immigration policies at the border between the two countries.
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2023-12-23 06:33:00
