Migrants line up as they wait for a bus to Chicago to transport them out of Eagle Pass, Texas on September 26, 2023, at the Mission Border Hope complex, an NGO that assists migrants after they are processed by the US Customs and Border Patrol and with transportation around the United States. Dozens of migrants arrived at the US-Mexico border on September 22, 2023, hoping to be allowed into the United States, with US border forces reporting 1.8 million encounters with migrants in the last 12 months. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)