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Yaneisi Gámez and her 4-year-old daughter, Yoilimar Gámez, arrived in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, in late March 2023, after having traveled for 19 weeks from their home country of Venezuela. Their goal was to enter the United States.
When they reached the border city, they made a beeline for the downtown area, a meeting point for people on the move given its proximity to the crossing into the U.S. city of El Paso, Texas. Plus, this part of Juárez houses migration and other government offices.