Tijuana/Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), January 13 (EFE), Andrés Manuel López Obrador, for complicity.
Migrants from these countries consulted by EFE in Tijuana agreed that it was difficult to understand what would happen to them or how to reach the new program in which the United States promises to accept 30,000 people from these countries per month, but immediately deport them to Mexico. the rest.
Foreigners have argued that the policies and protocols they must follow to keep their cases viable are not clear.
Migrants in shelters like Romina, originally from Venezuela and a mother of two, decried the confusion “because a lot of things are being said here, but they haven’t been told what to do.”
“The same people say that you should go online, that you should go back to our country and ask for asylum from there, but the truth is that in the situation we are in, I have not moved and I want better. tion because I am with two children,” he said.
language problems
Jessica, a migrant from Haiti, told EFE that she is aware of the new policy but has not applied because she cannot justify a sponsor taking care of her in the United States, one of the requirements that will be required after the announcement. Last week in Washington.
“I’ve already seen everything we need to do, they told us to apply, but I don’t meet the requirement and that’s why I couldn’t complete the process,” he laments.
Nicole Ramos, a lawyer for the organization Al Otro Lado, told EFE that these and other restrictions, such as language, for the Haitian community are the barriers that these people have had, because the official application is not yet in Creole and this creates difficulties. .
Civil unions work
Amidst the barriers and uncertainty, organizations like Al Otro Lado hold information days with the Haitian community.
“We basically explain to them about the CBPONE application, in which they have to request an appointment, which is limited to seven a week, we know it is not in Creole, and other groups also translate the English and Spanish versions for Haitians to apply,” said the activist.
Ramos explained that all people at the border can request an appointment, but “this does not guarantee that they will receive asylum.”
In other border regions, in northeastern Mexican states, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cares for nearly 18,000 migrants who are “stranded” by immigration policies they consider “inhumane” by both the United States and Mexico.
Between criticism and deportation
The region is experiencing record migration flows, reflected in the apprehension of 2.76 million undocumented immigrants at the US border with Mexico in fiscal year 2022.
Debate over Mexico’s role intensified this week after a summit of North American leaders in the Mexican capital, where US President Joe Biden thanked Lopez Obrador for agreeing to accept migrants deported by the US. .
A day after the summit, dozens of migrants, mostly of Venezuelan, Nicaraguan and Cuban origin, were detained by border patrol in El Paso, Texas and taken to the Mexican city of Juarez.
Elements of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) took them to the “Leona Vicario” shelter, north of Juarez.
According to Customs and Border Protection (CBP), there were more than 53,000 arrests in the El Paso sector in November alone.
In addition, the authorities of Ciudad Juarez announced 20,000 migrants in December, a situation that controls the city, where shelters exceed their capacity.
Source: El Diario
