Braving blistering heat and barbed wire, migrants cross the Rio Grande into the US

Migrants from Venezuela crawl through a hole in the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023.

Dozens of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border on September 22, 2023, hoping to be allowed into the United States. US border forces reported 1.8 million encounters with migrants in the last 12 months.

A migrant family from Venezuela reacts after breaking through a razor wire barricade into the United States, following hours of waiting on a river bank on the Rio Grande river.

This aerial photo shows a US Border Patrol boat picking up families with young children that have been waiting in the sun for hours, as other migrants wait for an opening in the razor wire barrier to cross into the United States.

A migrant family from Venezuela reacts after breaking through a razor wire barricade into the United States after waiting for hours on a river bank on the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023.

Migrants from Venezuela crawl through a hole they made in the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023.

This aerial photo shows a US Border Patrol boat passing a large group of migrants waiting to cross the razor wire barrier into the United States, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 25, 2023.

Chelsea from Nicaragua looks on after crawling through a hole made in the razor wire to cross into Eagle Pass, Texas on September 25, 2023.

A member of the US Border Patrol helps a young child after they crossed through a razor wire barricade into the United States following hours of waiting on a river bank on the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 25.

A migrant family from Venezuela reacts after breaking through a razor wire barricade into the United States, following hours of waiting on a river bank on the Rio Grande river, in Eagle Pass, Texas, on September 25, 2023.