The freight train screeched to a halt and a few hundred people hoped that a new phase of their life was about to begin.
One father, Leuman Varela, told CNN he, his wife and their four children had spent four days and nights on top of the train, traveling hundreds of miles as they fled from their native Venezuela. “This is for the brave, this is tough,” he said, his young son, Luca, on his shoulders. “Putting your family in danger is hard, but God has been with us – he has been helping us, to give us strength.
The Varela family from Venezuela said they, too, would head to the border after a night’s break in their journey. They had managed to register with the CBP One app launched by US Customs and Border Protection to allow people a chance to get an appointment for an entry interview – at least if they had access to the internet and were lucky enough to find an available slot.
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