Police response to hundreds of irregular immigrants who want to cross into the US

According to reports in the Mexican press, hundreds of people, mostly Venezuelans, tried to cross the Rio Grande, which separates the two countries, with makeshift boats and inflatable boats from the Mexican city of Matamoros.

Mexican security forces intervened against irregular migrants who wanted to reach Brownsville, Texas.

Claiming to have fled violence, poverty and political instability in their country, immigrants continue to wait in border regions to somehow cross into the United States.

In the statement from the National Institute of Migration (INM) of Mexico, he recalled that the US authorities will return immigrants to their countries if the border is crossed illegally, and demanded that immigrants make an official request.

The number of immigrants caught trying to cross the US border illegally was recorded to be 2.76 million people in 2022.

According to data from the Mexican authorities, an estimated 8.76 million undocumented immigrants live in the country.

Due to problems such as violence, unemployment and poverty in their countries, irregular migrants trying to reach the US to establish a better life often fall into the hands of human smugglers.

Many irregular immigrants, who have left Central American countries for many years, try to reach the US through Guatemala and Mexico. (AA)