Despite the fact that the arrests of immigrants who have been detained at the southern border of the United States, which is shared with Mexico, have fallen by up to 40%, according to figures published by the Joe Biden government, family separations and border measures maintain immigrants “stranded and drifting”.
Last January, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that 128,410 arrests have been made in the first months of 2023. The arrests keep the southern border in a limbo that does not even allow them to move north in search of better opportunities. or consider a new route because this measure generally separates families that immigrate together irregularly.
The epicenter where this new facet of the migrant crisis is taking place Tapachula, Chiapas. According to information published by the EFE news agency, Chiapas has become one of the points where immigrants from various parts of the American region congregate to try to cross into the United States.
Erikson Vargas, an Ecuadorian seeking the release of his 20-year-old son who was detained at the border, regrets that his only request to the authorities is that his son be returned to him. “I can’t go forward or back (…) I can’t leave it here,” Vargas said.
Apart from the fact that border procedures are registering delays due to the new immigration policies of Mexico and the United States, now immigrants must face the new fear of being separated from their families with those who undertake the search for the “American dream”.
Before the new facets of the migration crisis in the north of the American region, Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, assured in early February that Joe Biden’s new policies have produced results in the region to control the flow of immigrants.
Even so, according to the Gallup research firm, Americans are increasingly less “satisfied” with Biden’s management on the southern border. The study certifies that the Democratic president has 63% rejection of his management at the border.
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