US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico


              A woman serves dinner of rice and beans to migrants at Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana's largest migrant shelter, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico.(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana' largest migrant shelter, is building a large annex with support from a group affiliated with University of California, San Diego, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico.(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Migrant volunteers build a soccer field at Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana's largest migrant shelter, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Migrant volunteers build a soccer field at Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana's largest migrant shelter, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico.(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Migrants are seen shortly before lights-out at Juventud 2000 shelter in Tijuana, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Gustavo Banda, second from left, pastor of Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana's largest migrant shelter, speaks with migrants, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              Gustavo Banda, center right, pastor of Templo Embajadores de Jesus, Tijuana's largest migrant shelter, speaks with migrants at a shelter, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022, in Tijuana, Mexico. The Biden administration's policy shift on Venezuelan migrants may pose an enormous challenge to overstretched Mexican shelters. The U.S. has coupled plans to let up to 24,000 Venezuelans apply online to fly to the U.S. for temporary stays with a pledge to immediately turn back Venezuelans who cross the border illegally from Mexico. (AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
            
              A bus company worker checks on the travel permits of Venezuelan migrants before letting them board a bus that will take them north, at the Northern Bus Station in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The U.S. announced on Oct. 12, that Venezuelans who walk or swim across the border will be immediately returned to Mexico without rights to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
            
              Venezuelan migrants wait for a bus to take them north, at the Northern Bus Station in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The U.S. announced on Oct. 12, that Venezuelans who walk or swim across the border will be immediately returned to Mexico without rights to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
            
              Venezuelan migrants walk across the Rio Bravo towards the United States border to surrender to the border patrol, from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022. The U.S. announced on Oct. 12, that Venezuelans who walk or swim across the border will be immediately returned to Mexico without rights to seek asylum. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)
            
              FILE - A migrant family from Venezuela walks to a Border Patrol transport vehicle after they and other migrants crossed the U.S.-Mexico border and turned themselves in June 16, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas. The Biden administration has agreed to accept up to 24,000 Venezuelan migrants, similar to how Ukrainians have been admitted after Russia’s invasion, while Mexico has agreed to accept some Venezuelans who are expelled from the United States, the two nations said Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico