
Abigail Castillo, a migrant from Mexico, attempted to cross the U.S. border illegally despite hearing about President Joe Biden's decision to halt asylum processing. She, along with others from Brazil and Ecuador, missed the deadline and faced deportation under the new rule.
Many migrants expressed uncertainty after Biden's invocation of presidential powers to stop asylum processing when illegal crossings exceeded 2,500 in a day. The first deportations under the new rule took place on Wednesday.