EL PASO, US: Prior to handing himself over to US line authorities in El Paso on Tuesday, Juan Fernandez sent a goodbye instant message to his significant other in Venezuela.
He then, at that point, cleaned away his tears and, along with a companion, strolled unfalteringly into the impressive Traditions and Boundary Security (CBP) building.
"We're really terrified, yet we must have confidence," he said.
The 40-year-old Venezuelan illegally crossed the border three days ago through one of the cracks in the border wall because he was concerned about the significant policy shifts that are coming to the US-Mexico border this week.
In the final days before Title 42 expires, he is one of thousands of Venezuelans arriving in El Paso.
The wellbeing measure was presented by then-president Donald Trump in 2020 to close the southern line during the pandemic.
The measure, which was inherited by President Joe Biden, previously exempted asylum seekers from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba.
These nationalities continue to receive special asylum programs, such as the CBP One mobile app, despite the elimination of the exemptions.
Be that as it may, for thousands holding up across the Mexican boundary, those projects have yielded no outcomes, and they have chosen to cross before the vulnerability of the post-Title 42 period kicks in Friday.
Gleidys Losada stated, "I waited for four months trying to lodge my request, but I was ignored."
"Every one individuals I knew were getting through the holes. I realized I couldn't wait any longer because I was left behind."
Lopez has spent the past four nights outside the Sacred Heart Church in El Paso, which has evolved into a gathering place for thousands of Venezuelan migrants who lack the funds to reach their final destinations in the United States.
They use portable toilets that have been set up around the church and sleep in improvised tents made of plastic sheets that have been attached to the railings. They have very little stuff.
Tensions have increased in US border cities due to the imminent expiration of Title 42 over the course of the night on Thursday and Friday.
CBP authorities conveyed handouts early Tuesday early daytime encouraging undocumented transients to hand themselves over.
Fernando Garcia, executive director of the non-governmental organization Border Network for Human Rights, stated, "We are seeing the implementation of a very harsh policy that surprises us very much, because during his campaign Biden promised a more humane border policy."
"A humanitarian crisis is what we are witnessing. We are seeing individuals requesting haven and being denied. In the coming days, there will be a significant policy of deportation."
However, neither a wall nor a policy will impede the migrants' efforts to reach the United States.
"They can toss Title 42 and this multitude of rules at us, yet relocation won't end. "We are going to keep coming because we are hungry," a Venezuelan named Eibor Tovar, 34, stated.
"You do whatever it takes to seek a better life when you are hungry and repressed by a dictatorship."
Fernandez and a friend decided to surrender after the El Paso makeshift camp was visited by authorities.
A couple who had been watching in fear from the opposite sidewalk was inspired to try the same trick.
A "Welcome to the United States" leaflet and an official asylum request form were carried by Fernandez and the couple as they left the CBP building through a back door three hours later.
The news spread like quickly, and in no time, many Venezuelans were arranging at the entryways of the government organization.
Jose Contreras, a 21-year-old Venezuelan, wept and said, "I feel joy, sadness, and fear." Minutes prior, he had been stooping on the walkway, somewhere down in petition.
For other people, the feeling of dread toward being extradited offset the desire for a genuine way.
"I'm alarmed they will toss me out. A 23-year-old man said, "I don't want to go back to Venezuela because there is no future there," and he turned around and left the line.
"Certain individuals were permitted to remain, however not we all will be so fortunate."
Those words ring true for Fernandez. The friend who accompanied him into the CBP station had not yet communicated with him.