Migrants looking for an opportunity to cross the Rio Grande into the US

A migrant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, reacts after Texas National Guard soldiers discover a breach in the concertina wire at the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on June 4, 2024. Migrants cut holes in the concertina wire in hopes of turning themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Migrants await an opportunity to enter the U.S. through a breach in the concertina wire on the Rio Grande between Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and El Paso, Texas in the early hours of May 21, 2024.

A mother and child sleep on the southern embankment of the Rio Grande in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, as they await an opportunity to breach the concertina wire in order to enter U,S. territory and seek asylum.

Texas National Guard soldiers search for cuts in the concertina wire in the Rio Grande that are used by migrants to enter U.S. territory from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in May 2024.

Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the border in El Paso, Texas, in May 2024.

Texas National Guard soldiers patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, in May 2024.

A migrant keeps warm on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande in the chilly pre-dawn hours after failing to get through the concertina wire and into the U.S. on May 21, 2024.

Texas National Guard soldiers try to block migrants from crossing the Rio Grande and claiming asylum or asking for other immigration relief in May 2024.

A Texas National Guard soldier reaches the edge of the international boundary of Mexico and the U.S. in order to push back a migrant that was on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande.

A migrant hits behind a bush in Mexico as he keeps an eye on Texas National Guard soldiers who were shooting pepper balls towards migrants on the embankment of the Rio Grande as they awaited an opportunity to cross into the US from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on June 4, 2024.

A group of migrants grow desperate to cross into U.S. territory from Ciudad Juarez after multiple failed attempts and being pushed back into Mexico by Texas National Guard troops on June 6, 2024.

A migrant looks to see if Texas National Guard troops are not in the vicinity in order to cut the concertina wire as they attempt to turn themselves in to US Border Patrol agents In El Paso, Texas on June 6, 2024.

A group of migrants grow desperate to cross into US territory from Ciudad Juarez after multiple failed attempts and being pushed back into Mexico by Texas National Guard troops on June 6, 2024.