‘Merciless’ Heat Impacting Migrants Waiting On Mexico’s Border Sandra Sanchez - Border Report
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Migrants Dying as Heat Intensifies (NewsNation)

Triple-digit heat is causing suffering for thousands of migrants who are waiting in the northern Mexican border town of Reynosa, often without shade and water, a Catholic nun who helps migrants told Border Report on Tuesday.

Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, said five shelters in Reynosa are currently receiving migrants — upwards of about 100 daily — most of whom are sent back from South Texas by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers under Title 42.

Title 42 is a public health order that has been in effect since the Trump administration that prevents asylum-seekers from crossing the border to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Aside from their disappointment of not being able to claim asylum in the United States, Pimentel said it is the unrelenting 100-plus degree heat that is most difficult for them right now.

“There’s no shade so they’re out in the hot sun all day long. I was just there yesterday most of the day it really hurts me to see them dehydrating. Water is of the essence. We get water but when you’re out in the sun so long you need to be drinking water all day long and so that is of high priority and something needed,” Pimentel said from her offices in the border city of San Juan.

“We’re working on trying to build more permanent shade, but in the meantime, this sun is merciless you know,” she said.

The majority of migrants waiting in the border town are Haitians, though Hondurans also are prevalent, she said.

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