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Christmas at the border 2018

  • Some of over 200 migrants, who were dropped off at a bus station by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), wait for transportation to emergency shelters in El Paso<br>Some of over 200 migrants, who were dropped off at a bus station by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), wait for transportation to emergency shelters or onward travel in El Paso, Texas, U.S. December 23, 2018. Picture taken December 23, 2018. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez

    'Unprecedented' mass releases of migrants strain churches to limit

    Busloads of asylum seekers dumped at a Greyhound station near the border in El Paso, Texas, over Christmas leave volunteers and shelters scrambling
  • A Central American migrant who travelled in caravan to the Mexico-US border, rests at a temporary shelter in downtown Tijuana, Baja California State, Mexico, on December 17, 2018.

    No room at the inn: migrants' makeshift Christmas celebrations in Tijuana – in pictures

  • Asylum Seekers Wait in Mexico Near U.S. Border<br>Volunteers cook paella in a huge pan for the migrants staying at El Baterral shelter in Tijuana, Mexico on December 23, 2018. The U.S. government is in a partial shutdown after President Trump refused to sign a bipartisan agreement, holding out for $5 billion to build an expanded border wall. Photo by Ariana Drehsler/UPIPHOTOGRAPH BY UPI / Barcroft Images

    Migrants stuck in Tijuana dream of US as they celebrate uncertain Christmas

  • Beto O’Rourke addresses activists at Tornillo.

    Carols at Tornillo: protesters sing for children held in Trump's tent city

    Beto O’Rourke showed up to boost locals and activists seeking to give migrants some festive season cheer
  • The deceptively beautiful landscape around Antelope Wells in the remote south-western corner of New Mexico.

    Migrants risk death to enter US where seven-year-old Jakelin Caal crossed

    Antelope Wells, an isolated point of entry in New Mexico, is where hundreds cross over, seeking refuge from violence
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