The Wider Image: Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants

    Venezuelan asylum seeker Alejandra Pena, 34, kisses her son Natanael, 1, next to their tent, while they wait to attempt to cross into the U.S. by an appointment through the Customs and Border Protection app, called CBP One, at a makeshift camp, in Matamoros, Mexico June 20, 2023. Pena fled Venezuela after a criminal group killed her sister, according to interviews and police records. Hoping to seek asylum in the United States, she said her family was stuck in northern Mexico because of new U.S. border rules adopted on May 11 by the administration of President Joe Biden. The rule requires migrants to make an appointment on a government-run smartphone app before approaching the border ? but none of the people with Pena has a device.?”We are paralyzed here,” Pena said. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril