EL PASO — On a dusty patch of U.S. land between the Rio Grande and the U.S. border wall, thousands of migrants have been streaming this week toward two massive gates that open into the United States.
“Door 40” and “Door 42” are two miles apart, the latter sharing the same number with the Title 42 pandemic policy whose much-anticipated expiration Thursday night has already unleashed the largest wave of border crossings in U.S. history.
U.S. authorities have been directing migrants toward the large steel gates, turning the riverplain east of downtown El Paso into a massive outdoor waiting room.
