EditorialMaritza Carrizo, an asylum seeker from Barinas, Venezuela, sits on a bunk bed at a migrant shelter in Matamoros, Mexico, on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, the day before she and several relatives have appointments to cross the border and request asylum in the United States. (Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
EditorialRonald Perez, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, tries to book a U.S. Customs and Border Protection appointment through the CBP One app, but only received errors, in Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023.(Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
EditorialRonald Perez, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, tries to book a U.S. Customs and Border Protection appointment through the CBP One app, but only received errors, in Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023.(Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
EditorialRonald Perez, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, tries to book a U.S. Customs and Border Protection appointment through the CBP One app, but only received errors, in Matamoros, Mexico, May 11, 2023.(Meridith Kohut/The New York Times)
EditorialMaria Zombo, an Angolan asylum seeker and mother of six, who came to the United States eight years ago but has yet to receive a response on her application for asylum, with her daughter Leila at the store she opened in Biddeford, Maine, outside of Portland, June 29, 2022. (Kirsten Luce/The New York Times)