A long walk, hunger, hiding from immigration authorities and cold in the face of low temperatures is what Venezuelan mothers experience with their young children stranded at the Ciudad Juárez border in Mexico.
They, in some cases, spend weeks in a camp near the Rio Grande, in order to achieve the American dream.
Although different authorities have insisted on taking them to a shelter, they continue to the weather. They think that in this way the United States Government will authorize them to cross into the country they want to reach.
One of the examples is that of Daryana, who told EFE that “you suffer a lot”.
“We come with the children, we have to go through the jungle, we have to walk a lot, we come fleeing migration, children get sick”, he said.
He added that the US government should give priority to families with children, that not all migrants are bad and clarified that mothers and fathers seek to give their children opportunities for the future.
“We are here, where it is quite cold strong, the children suffer”, he commented. She comes with her son Beyfer, 5 years old, and they continue to hope that their immigration situation will be resolved.
Another case is that of Fany Sulain, a woman who was expelled from the United States United, for the title 24 and who has been in said camp for two weeks.
“This is something that is sad, we want to fight to cross, it is not easy as a mother to live this but my hope is to be able to cross. People have given us donations, the tent, food, but this is difficult”, he added.
In this regard, Enrique Valenzuela, general coordinator of the State Population Council (Coespo), commented that, given the inclement weather, it is not the best thing for families to remain outdoors .
“Unfortunately they are not willing to move to a shelter, since they think they will be able to cross en masse. We are still attentive to this phenomenon, a shelter for children and adolescents has already been set up, however, there are those who want to continue here,” he told EFE.
He explained that the three government orders have supported this group of refugees and so have various civil and other religious organizations.
“The recommendation is that they go to the shelters, respiratory diseases are something recurrent in a place like this and they are not used to a climate like this,” he said.
The migratory crisis on the southern and northern borders of Mexico is the result of the agreement reached between the governments of Mexico and the United States three weeks ago, by virtue of which the United States will offer 000,000 visas for Venezuelans and will return to Mexican territory all those who cross irregularly.
The US announcement comes amid an increase in arrivals from Venezuela years to the border with Mexico. Between October of 2021 and August of this year more than 150, 000 Venezuelans have been arrested at the US southern border, compared to 50,800 in the same period last year.
Given the migratory situation, recently the Secretary of Foreign Relations (SRE) of Mexico announced that it was ending the controversial “Stay in Mexico”, a program that allowed the United States to send immigrants to that country while their asylum cases were processed in US courts, processes that in some cases could take longer several months.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry cited in its statement that the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) itself had already informed on August 8 that the end of the officially called Protocols for the Protection of of the Migrant (MPP).
The departure of Mexico from the MPP leaves without opportunities for those expelled by the United States to request asylum and wait in that territory for the resolution of their cases in the Immigration Court (EOIR).
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