The pandemic-era public health order Title 42 that allows the U.S. to quickly turn back migrants at the border ends at midnight.
The Biden administration has finalized a new rule involving apps and registration that advocates say will make it more difficult for many to claim asylum. U.S. officials say the goal is to discourage migrants from crossing the border illegally and to create new legal pathways. Despite these challenges, thousands of migrants facing danger in their home countries are still hoping to claim asylum in the U.S.
Just past the border from El Paso, Texas, Gonzalez was recently at a busy migrant informational center in Ciudad Juarez.
She had just spent another morning trying to get an appointment using the government's CBP One app. Migrants are required to use the app to book an appointment with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to determine whether they can enter the U.S.
Gonzalez, her husband and cousin are seeking asylum because they are afraid to return to their home in the central Mexican city of Guanajuato, she says.