Record number of migrants arrive at US-Mexico border

1. Record number of migrants arrive at US-Mexico border

2. Migrants walk through the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

3. Migrants stranded while travelling by train towards the U.S. border sit on railroad cars, amid the ongoing suspension of dozens of northbound trains over fears around migrant safety, in the community of Miguel Hidalgo de Ojuelos, on the outskirts of Fresnillo, in Zacatecas state, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Edgar Chavez

4. Migrants struggle with the current of the Rio Grande river while they cross in an attempt to seek asylum into the U.S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

5. Migrants, most from Venezuela, stand near razor wire while surrendering to authorities after wading across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. October 5.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

6. A migrant girl sleeps in her mother's arms after walking through the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

7. Members of the Army National Guard move clothes left behind by migrants while fortifying razor wire along the bank of the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. October 5.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

8. Migrants seeking asylum in the United States cross the Rio Bravo river, after being stranded near the city Villa Ahumada, due to the Texas National Guard blocking the crossing at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

9. A migrant man rests on an island in the middle of the Rio Grande river while awaiting to cross into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. October 5.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

10. Migrants wait on the banks of the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

11. The Camino Real International Bridge is seen in the background as dozens of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, surrender to authorities after wading across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. October 5.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif

12. Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, due to the Texas National Guard blocking the crossing at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 5. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

13. Venezuelan migrant child Hendry Rico, 9, holds on to his father's waist while watching other migrants walk through the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

14. A Venezuelan migrant thanks God as he walks through the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

15. U.S. Border Patrol agents escort migrants, who crossed the border between the United States and Mexico, through a gate in the border wall to be processed for their immigration claim, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 5. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

16. A migrant climbs the border fence to cross into the U.S. to request asylum, at Playas de Tijuana, in Tijuana, Mexico October 2. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes

17. Migrants wait on the banks of the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

18. Migrants walk through the Rio Grande river in an attempt to seek asylum into the U. S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 30. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

19. Migrants struggle with the current of the Rio Grande river while they cross in an attempt to seek asylum into the U.S., as seen from Piedras Negras, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

20. Migrants stranded while traveling by train towards the U.S. border shelter from the sun while standing next to railroad cars, amid the ongoing suspension of dozens of northbound trains over fears around migrant safety, in the community of Miguel Hidalgo de Ojuelos, on the outskirts of Fresnillo, in Zacatecas state, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Edgar Chavez

21. Migrants stranded while traveling by train towards the U.S. border shelter from the sun while sitting next to a railroad car, amid the ongoing suspension of dozens of northbound trains over fears around migrant safety, in the community of Miguel Hidalgo de Ojuelos, on the outskirts of Fresnillo, in Zacatecas state, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Edgar Chavez

22. Maria Gonzalez, a Venezuelan migrant seeking asylum in the United States, sits with her 2-year-old granddaughter, Edith, on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, as the Texas National Guard block the crossing at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 5. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

23. Venezuelan migrants seeking asylum in the United States stand on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, as the Texas National Guard blocks the crossing at the border between the U.S. and Mexico, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 5. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

24. Migrants wait on the banks of the Rio Grande river after they cross in an attempt to seek asylum into the U.S., as seen from PiedrasNegras, Mexico September 29. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

25. Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, surrender to authorities under the Puente Negro Ferrocarril train bridge after wading across the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico, in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S. October 5, 2023.  REUTERS/Adrees Latif