Venezuelan migrant Samuel Rodriguez stands on the grounds of the shelter in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrants sit in a circle at a shelter in Rio Branco, Arce state, Brazil, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Brazil’s westernmost state, Arce is a remote enclave in the middle of the rainforest. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Integration border bridge connects Assis, Brazil, left, and Iñapari, Peru, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrant Johany “Flaca” Rodriguez carries her dog Kiko at a shelter in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Rodriguez has been biding her time at the shelter because countrymen told her how difficult the journey to the U.S. has become. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Cuban migrant Miguel Hidalgo drinks a glass of milk during breakfast at a shelter Rio Branco, Brazil, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Hidalgo who tried to cross to the U.S. years ago says, “I like Brazil. I have been here for a short time, but people are not prejudiced against me, people are lovely,” he said. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrants eat breakfast at a shelter in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrants Alexandra Villarreal, left, and Alexander Martinez, holding their daughter Alexandra, stand on the grounds of the shelter in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. Martinez said he will stay as long as needed to get more cash and maybe in a year go to Houston, where he has family. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Vietnamese migrants arrive at the airport in Rio Branco, Brazil, Friday, June 21, 2024. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrant Natalia Contreras tends to her children as they settle in to have breakfast at a shelter in Rio Branco, Brazil, Saturday, June 22, 2024. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrants arrive in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024, after crossing the Peruvian-Brazilian border. Migrants, police, officials and analysts say President Joe Biden’s halt on asylum have caused a wait-and-see attitude among migrants staying in Brazil, placing their plans of reaching the U.S. on hold. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Venezuelan migrant boys play with a toy gun, crafted from square tubing and rope, at a shelter in Assis, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2024. The city of Assis Brazil has little to offer to immigrants but the wooden shelter and a school gymnasium where the men can sleep. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)