Miskel Gomez (right), a Venezuelan asylum seeker, waits for a bus to Chicago, in downtown Brownsville, Texas, U.S., October 24, 2023. Gomez had initially hoped to go to Denver and work in a factory, but after a few days of waiting for the bus, he boarded a bus to Chicago, moved to Ohio, and applied for a work permit. “It’s still very difficult,” he said. “It has been very hard for me to find work in Ohio.” REUTERS/Carlos Barria