Chaos At The Border - Launched July 10, 2018 - Full multimedia experience: audio, stills, text and or video: Go to zReportage.com to see more - As many as 3,000 immigrant children are still living without their parents in federal shelters, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services disclosed, but the agency said it's prepared to begin reunifying them using DNA tests to expedite the process. President Trump reversed his policy last month of separated immigrant families who crossed the border illegally after it led to protests and numerous congressional visits to detention shelters. The administration also has asked a federal court to let it detain immigrant parents and their children together indefinitely, contrary to a longstanding decree allowing the government to hold children for no longer than 20 days. A recent court order required all separated children under age 5 to be released July 10, but the government has asked for more time, saying it can't comply with the order. Most of the families had entered the U.S. illegally across the southern border, with some fleeing violence in their home countries in Central America.
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July 1, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - LUIS MIGUEL MONTIMO, 32 is fearful and anxious. Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. Ingrid Perdomo, 18 and her 1-year-old son Jose Luis came with her companion Luis Miguel, 32 from Honduras where they made the difficult 3 month journey. He said he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his 2 children inside. He fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to bridge July 1. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Association Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - ANNA ZELIA and her 2-year-old daughter ANNA VALERIA from Honduras wait at Central bus station. They will eventually go to Chicago. Zelia said, 'I suffer a lot coming this way. In Mexico they mistreat the kids but it is more dangerous to stay in Honduras.' Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. Shoelaces are removed in detention as required by Border Patrol agents. ICE uses electronic ankle monitors to track tens of thousands of detainees.They will be transported to various states.
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July 1, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - The Rio Grande River is seen as asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International Bridge, Matamoros-Brownsville, waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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INGRID PERDOMO, 18 and her one-year-old son JOSE LUIS with other Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from the Mexico side. Ingrid came with her companion Luis Miguel, 32 from Honduras where they made the difficult three month journey. Luis said, he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his two children inside. He fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to the bridge July 1. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - ANNA ZELIA and her 2-year-old daughter ANNA VALERIA from Honduras wait at Central bus station. They will eventually go to Chicago. Zelia said, 'I suffer a lot coming this way. In Mexico they mistreat the kids but it is more dangerous to stay in Honduras.' Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S.- Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 28, 2018 - Brownsville, Texas, U.S. - ESMERALDA MIRELES watches speakers as an American flag is reflected in her glasses at a 'Families Belong Together' rally at the border. People protest across from Brownsville Federal Court where immigrants are being prosecuted. Many have been separated from their children and advocates, allies and others protest the policy.
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LYNN SCOTTY, CLAUDIA ROGERS and RUTH FIRSCHING from Utopia hold signs at the 'Families Belong Together' rally at the border. People protest across from Brownsville Federal Court where immigrants are being prosecuted. Many have been separated from their children and advocates, allies and others protest the policy.
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June 28, 2018 - Brownsville, Texas, U.S. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allow some protesters in the courthouse and try to control the crowd at the 'Families Belong Together' rally at the border. People protest across from Brownsville Federal Court where immigrants are being prosecuted. Many have been separated from their children and advocates, allies and others protest the policy.
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June 28, 2018 - Brownsville, Texas, U.S. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allow some protesters in the courthouse and try to control the crowd at the 'Families Belong Together' rally at the border. People protest across from Brownsville Federal Court where immigrants are being prosecuted. Many have been separated from their children and advocates, allies and others protest the policy.
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June 29, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Newly released immigrants dropped off at Central bus station are met by a volunteer and walk to Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV). With the help of the Sacred Heart Church, the City of McAllen, which serves as a humanitarian respite center after immigrants are processed and released. They are given food, clothes, shoelaces which were taken from them, medical attention and welcoming warmth.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Immigrants return to the bus station to make their journey after assistance at Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV). Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from CCRGV with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. They will be transported to various states.
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June 29, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - SOPHIA NAYELI, 3 years old, at a bus station with her mother DENIA ARACELY AMAYA as they leave on their journey to Louisiana. Immigrants leave on a bus after receiving assistance from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV). LUIS GUERRERO, former firefighter who lost his leg on duty helps the immigrants. They are from Honduras. CCRGV with the help of the Sacred Heart Church, the City of McAllen, serves as a humanitarian respite center after immigrants are processed and released. They are given food, clothes, shoelaces which were taken from them, medical attention and welcoming warmth.
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June 29, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S. - Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church, the City of McAllen, serves as a humanitarian respite center after immigrants are processed and released. They are given food, clothes, shoelaces which were taken from them, medical attention and welcoming warmth.
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June 27, 2018 - Mcallen, Texas, U.S.- Recent immigrants and their children are dropped off at the Central bus station from detention. These families with children under 7 years old were not separated. Volunteers from Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley (CCRGV) with the help of the Sacred Heart Church led them to the respite center to provide assistance. Most came without shoelaces, some with ankle bracelets. ICE uses electronic ankle monitors to track tens of thousands of detainees. They will be transported to various states.
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July 1, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - ZAYD NEGASI WEJDAY, immigrant from Eritrea Africa receives medical attention from Mexican Red Cross worker PABLO CHAVEZ after complaining of illness. Her husband thought it could be from the stress of the 2-month very risky journey on foot they made. The couple was later allowed in to be processed for credible fear. Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International Bridge, Matamoros-Brownsville, waiting to cross into U.S. from the Mexico side. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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June 28, 2018 - Matamoros, Texas, Mexico - EVELYN BECERRA and her 2-year-old daughter JENNIFER BECERRA spent 2 days sleeping on the bridge trying to enter the U.S. After the third night she was allowed to enter. They came from Honduras. Others requested not to be identified. Immigrants spend days on B&M Bridge trying to enter US from Matamoros, Mexico to Brownsville, Texas.
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Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from the Mexico side. INGRID PERDOMO, 18, and her 1-year-old son JOSE LUIS take a nap in blistering heat. She came with her companion LUIS MIGUEL, 32 from Honduras where they made the difficult three month journey. Luis said, he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his two children inside. Luis fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to the bridge July 1rst. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2nd to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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July 1, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - Asylum seekers sleep on B/M Gateway bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. LUIS MIGUEL MONTIMO, 32 and his companion INGRID PERDOMO, 18 and their 1-year-old son JOSE LUIS wait on bridge. They are from Honduras where they made the difficult 3 month journey. He said he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his 2 children inside. He fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to bridge July 1. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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July 2, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - GLADY CANAS, from Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles A Triunfar, embraces a weeping woman with a family from Cuba that requested their names not be used, as they anxiously wait on the bridge. Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International Bridge, Matamoros-Brownsville, waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. run by Glady Canas from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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July 2, 2018 - Brownsville, Texas, U.S. - A family from Cuba that requested their names not be used, finally cross over to U.S. side through the border patrol. Meanwhile,other asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International Bridge, Matamoros-Brownsville, waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear.
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July 2, 2018 - Matamoros, Mexico - LUIS MIGUEL MONTIMO, 32 from Honduras weeps while talking to humanitarian aid volunteers from Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from the Mexico side. His companion Ingrid Perdomo, 18 and her 1-year-old son Jose Luis take a nap in blistering heat. They made the difficult 3 month journey. He said he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his 2 children inside. He fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to bridge July 1. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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July 2, 2018 - Brownsville, Texas, U.S. - LUIS MIGUEL MONTIMO, 32 and his companion INGRID PERDOMO, 18 and her one-year-old son JOSE LUIS appear stunned as they are unexpectedly called to cross into the U.S. Asylum seekers sleep on Gateway International bridge waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. Ingrid came with her companion Luis Miguel, 32 from Honduras where they made the difficult 3 month journey. He said he fled in fear and cries a lot with anxiety about his past. His ex-wife started dating a gang member and the gang torched his home killing his 2 children inside. He fled to mountains seeking safety where he met Ingrid and they had another child. When they first arrived they said they were told by border guards they would not get in until their child was an adult, possibly as a deterrent then went to stay with a cousin in Mexico for a few days but had kidnap threats and returned to bridge July 1. They were eventually allowed in late on July 2 to be processed for credible fear. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, or food and water.
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Boundary of the United States of America and Mexico. DIANA ZUMIGA, 31 and 8-months pregnant sleeps on the bridge with her daughter DAYLIN ZUNIGA, 3 years old under a rainbow umbrella. They are from Guatemala. Her father Hentry Zuniga brought them here as he said it was unsafe in their homeland, but does not plan to cross. Asylum seekers sleep on B/M International Bridge, Matamoros-Brownsville, waiting to cross into U.S. from Mexico side. If not for a small humanitarian group Asociacion Civil Ayudandoles a Triunfar a.c. from Mexico they would have not had blankets to sleep on, food, and water. It is unknown whether they have as yet been allowed in to be processed for credible fear. Later that night in the far distance, fireworks went off as America celebrated Independence Day on July Fourth.
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