2023-05-11 06:42:42
Tijuana, BC- This Wednesday border authorities carried out a drill at the San Ysidro checkpoint before the end of the Title 42 order and the potential arrival of migrants who will seek to cross into the United States in search of asylum.
The maneuvers began at 9:00 p.m., where officers belonging to the different immigration agencies carried out the test exercise for approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
Attention, the San Ysidro checkpoint is conducting training, the checkpoint will continue with its normal operation in a few moments, thank you,” the monitors exclaimed.
During the night exercise, the officers formed a two-line formation, where smoke bombs were thrown and also heard two detonations in the zone.
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After the detonations have been emitted, the US forces They returned to their positions and some of them kept watching the entrance of vehicles.
Regarding the flow of these, once the drill was over, the border authorities opened the way again to individuals who use the checkpoint to cross into the neighboring country, ending the event officially at 9:13.
It will be tomorrow at 11:00 at night when Title 42 ends and Title 8 is established, which will make migrants who cross irregularly They are deported to their countries and will not be able to request asylum for 5 years.
BC authorities prepare
After meeting with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities, the shelters in Baja California will be reinforced and will be Internet connection devices installed.
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This was commented by the Governor of the State, Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda, who expressed that these measures will be carried out with the objective that people in a situation of human mobility carry out your requests neatly.
“The necessary modules will be established to help people fill out their forms and not go directly to customs,” said the state president during her weekly conference held in Mexicali.
Regarding the attention spaces at the regional level, they are 42 shelters in Baja California, which give asylum to about 6 thousand migrants, reported the Secretary of Government, Catalino Zavala Márquez.
The official ruled out the presence of caravans in the State, however he exclaimed that there is an increase in migrants entering BC in different ways and individually.
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“These days will be atypical due to concentration, the US authorities are increasing and serving the migrants who have already crossed, we will start with a training program on CBP One in the shelters,” Zavala Márquez said.
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