Migrants Attempting To Enter USA Through Lukeville, Arizona, USA - 20 Aug 2023
LUKEVILLE, ARIZONA, USA - August 20, 2023:
Migrants cross the US-Mexico border through open monsoon floodgates in the border wall near Lukeville, Arizona, before surrendering to US Border Patrol agents and claiming asylum. Metal plates have been welded to the upper right corners of the gate frames preventing them from being closed and the gate anchor rods have been welded to the gates to prevent them from being moved and ensure the gates cannot be closed, leaving Border Patrol agents powerless to stop migrants entering the US on the southern border in Arizona. Cartel coyotes drop migrants by the van load next to open gates on the Mexican side of the wall and direct them to walk or run through and follow the wall towards Lukeville through the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument.
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