Victor Rodriguez, 26, poses for a portrait in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, started to travel by foot from his home country to the United States on March 13, 2022, making a trip that lasted 36 days to cross the border with Mexico to seek asylum on American soil.
A group of migrants wait outside the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition base of operations in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, after being released from a detention center where they were processed by US immigration authorities after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum on American soil.
Venezuelan Victor Rodriguez, 26, middle, enters to the the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition base of operations in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, after disembarking a bus that brought him along with other migrants from a detention center where they were processed by US immigration authorities after crossing the border with Mexico to seek asylum on American soil.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, reacts during an interview as he recalls the journey he made to the United States in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, started to travel by foot from his home country to the United States on March 13, 2022, making a trip that lasted 36 days to cross the border with Mexico to seek asylum on American soil.
Tiffany Burrow, Director of Operations for the Val Verde Border Humanitarian Coalition, fits Víctor Rodríguez, 26, into shorts so he can have clean clothes before taking a bus to the East Coast in Del Rio on April 20, 2022. Rodríguez, originally from Venezuela, requested to be among those using the service offered by Gov. Greg Abbott for unauthorized migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, walks to get on the bus that will take him along with other migrants to the East coast in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, requested to be part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
A Texas Emergency Management officer gives a thumbs up to the bus driver after boarding a group of migrants on the bus bound for the East coast as part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C. in Del Rio, Texas on Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
A bus with migrants from Texas arrive in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022, as part of the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to the capital city of the United States.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, disembarks the bus that took him along with a group of migrants from Texas to Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, requested to be part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, looks at the buses where migrants arrived, including him, as they leave the area in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, requested to be part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, smiles as Diego Mena, 51, says to him in Spanish "Welcome to the United States" while they meet at the entrance of the Union Station in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, requested to be part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
Victor Rodriguez, 26, poses for a portrait in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Rodriguez, originally from Venezuela, started to travel by foot from his home country to the United States on March 13th, making a trip that lasted 36 days to cross the border with Mexico to seek asylum on American soil. After he was released from a detention center in Del Rio on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, in Texas where he was processed by US immigration authorities, Rodriguez requested to be part of those who are using the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to Washington, D.C.
