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                 A r u b a ’ s   O N L Y   E n g l i s h   n e w s p a p e r
                 Aruba’s ONLY English newspaper
            Asylum-seekers say joy over

            end of Title 42 turns to anguish

            induced by new US rules



            By JULIE WATSON and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press
            TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The day that President Joe Biden’s
            administration ended a public health measure blocking
            many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the
            coronavirus  pandemic,  Teodoso  Vargas  was  ready  to
            show U.S. officials his scars and photos of his bullet-riddled
            body. Instead, he stood frozen with his pregnant wife and
            5-year-old son at a Tijuana crossing, feet from U.S. soil.He
            was unsure of the new rules rolled out with the change
            and whether taking the next few steps to approach U.S.
            officials to ask for asylum in person could force a return to
            his native Honduras.
            “I can’t go back to my country,” said Vargas, a long scar
            snaking down his neck from surgery after being shot nine   FILE-  A  man  gestures  as  he  waits  with  others  to  apply  for  asylum  between  two  border  walls
                                                                      Thursday, May 11, 2023, in San Diego. Asylum-seekers say joy over the end of the public health
            times  in  his  homeland  during  a  robbery.  “Fear  is  why  I   restriction known as Title 42 this month is turning into anguish with the realization of how the Biden
            don’t want to return. If I can just show the proof I have, I   administration’s new rules affect them. Though the government opened some new avenues for
            believe the U.S. will let me in.”                         immigration, many people’s fate is largely left up to a U.S. government app that is limited and
                                                 Continued on Page 2  unable to decipher and prioritize human suffering and personal risk.
                                                                                                                                      (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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