EFE
The new United States policy to immediately expel Venezuelans who arrive by land, with the consent of the Mexican government, worries migrants and activists on the northern border of Mexico, where shelters are already saturated.
Venezuelans and directors of shelters in Ciudad Juárez and Matamoros expressed to EFE their uncertainty about what will happen after the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Wednesday the deportation of Venezuelans who arrive at the border under Title 42.
“The first thing to think about is whether they know the reality of the border, the shelters are not alone, those agreements are between the United States and Mexico when there is a migration crisis,” Father Javier Calvillo, director of the House, told EFE. of the Juarez Migrant, bordering El Paso, Texas.
The priest expressed that there is a doubt as to who will support the expenses of the undocumented immigrants who are returned to Juárez, where he hopes that the three levels of government will help with this problem.
“It seems that they are not interested in migrants. The question is what will happen to all Venezuelans. It was an agreement between the governments, hopefully there will be an action from them », he remarked.
A GROWING FLOW
The move comes after migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela accounted for more than 55,000 of the undocumented found on the US-Mexico border in August, an annual increase of 175%.
Faced with the crisis in Venezuela, Washington will grant 24,000 permits to citizens of that country who arrive by air and have a sponsor in the United States, a program similar to the one it offered for Ukraine.
But that excludes Venezuelans in Mexico, like Henry Esurrico, who was unable to fulfill his “American dream” because of this new measure.
