Over 1,000 migrants, angered by asylum policies, rush to U.S.-Mexico border

Migrants are detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents, after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to request for asylum in El Paso, Texas, U.S., as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 29, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - More than a thousand migrants in northern Mexico surrendered to U.S. border authorities, frustrated by recent asylum policies, and shaken by a fire at a nearby migrant detention center that killed dozens this week.

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) spokesperson said the agency was processing over a thousand migrants who turned themselves in on Wednesday in El Paso, Texas, reachable on foot from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.