Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, which causes the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico to fill back up for a few months until it dries again, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, which causes the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico to fill back up for a few months until it dries again, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Albert Borunda, 54, Hydrotech and Irrigation Specialist for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, opens a door on the Mesilla Dam to allow water to pass through to El Paso, Texas, during a release from Elephant Butte Dam about 80 miles north, in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, U.S. May 13, 2023. REUTERS/Paul Ratje 

Migrants are seen gathered on the U.S.-Mexico border at sunrise after the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 12, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants stand along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez 

Migrants stand along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez 

Migrants stand near Border Gate 42 along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez 

Migrants stand near Border Gate 42 along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Migrants stand along the border highway, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio-Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up to board a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants wait to board U.S. Customs and Border Patrol busses after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border ast the Rio Grande before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up to board a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up to board a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up at the U.S.-Mexico border prior to boarding a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up at the U.S.-Mexico border prior to boarding a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up at the U.S.-Mexico border prior to boarding a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus before the lifting of Title 42 near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up on the U.S.-Mexico border prior to boarding a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez 

Migrants line up along the U.S.-Mexico border prior to boarding a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol bus near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Julio Cesar Chavez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A migrant stands near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to surrender herself to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A migrant walks near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to surrender himself to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the US-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall during a sandstorm after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants carry drinking water in a path leading to a dusty field, where many like them wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

A migrants and her daughter sit in a dusty field, as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants pray in a dusty field while waiting to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants enter a dusty field past a concertina wall, where they hope to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants, some of them sleeping and wrapped up in sheets, are buffeted by dust kicked up by high winds, as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants pray in a dusty field, while waiting to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants are buffeted by dust kicked up by high winds, as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

A migrant mother closes her eyes, while standing next to her 5-year-old daughter, Antonella, as they bear the high winds in a dusty field, as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

Migrants are buffeted by dust kicked up by high winds, as they wait to be picked up by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers near the U.S. Border wall, as the United States prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border from seeking asylum since 2020, near El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer 

U.S. soldiers and Border Patrol agents work near the border wall, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A U.S. Border Patrol agent opens a gate in the border wall for migrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to enter to be processed for their immigration claim, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

U.S. soldiers and Border Patrol agents work in the border wall, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

U.S. soldiers watch migrants near the border wall who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

U.S. soldiers watch migrants near the border wall who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants stand near the border wall after having crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to turn themselves in to U.S. Border Patrol agents, as the U.S. prepares to lift COVID-19 era Title 42 restrictions that have blocked migrants at the border from seeking asylum since 2020, in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

The badge of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent is seen during an operation with migrants being transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A migrant from Honduras aboard a bus shows his cuffed hands as he is transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A migrant from Honduras aboard a bus shows his shackled feet as he is transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A migrant from Honduras aboard a bus shows his cuffed hands as he is transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Honduras are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Guatemala are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Guatemala are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Guatemala are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Honduras are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Honduras aboard a bus show their cuffed hands as they are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Honduras are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

Migrants from Guatemala are transferred to a plane to be expelled under U.S. Title 42 from the United States to their country by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Border Patrol agents, at the airport in El Paso, Texas, U.S., May 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez