Santo Domingo.- Many Dominicans continue to travel illegally to the United States, using Mexico as a springboard and with the incentive that they will find no obstacles to stay in US territory once they have crossed the Rio Grande.
The quisqueyanos first travel to Central American countries such as El Salvador and Guatemala, and from there they move to Mexico, where groups of illegal traffickers called “coyotes” operate.
After entering Aztec territory, the illegals begin a long journey to the border between Mexico and the United States, on a dangerous journey that has cost the lives of hundreds of immigrants, most of them Central Americans.
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In the time that we have been following up on the issue, no Dominican who has traveled this way has been returned by the US authorities, who, on the contrary, grant them a permit to stay so that they can work in that country.
According to migration experts, this constitutes an incentive for more Dominicans to start the adventure, the cost of which usually exceeds 400,000 pesos.
“They haven’t returned the first one, that’s why I’m getting ready to leave, because if I stay here (in the DR), I won’t progress,” said a young woman who claims to have the money accumulated to start the trip through Central America.
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The young woman acknowledges that the trip is quite dangerous, but assures that “if I reach the border and cross, they grant me a permit.”
“The biggest problem is in Mexico, because there you can run out of money and then have to do things that were not in your plans,” the young woman thinks.
Recently, a group of Dominicans managed to reach the state of Texas, after crossing the Rio Grande at night, with the aim that the authorities of that US demarcation send them to New York, where they have a relative.
