Ominous warning before Trump inauguration as migrants push for 'one last bite at the apple'

Gabriela Hernándezchilean actor

Everybody is restless, because threats are serious, and the Mexican government is at the service of the US government,

said Hernández

Authorities are on the hunt, and we're seeing a lot of detentions. Migration surround the house, and no one can come near,

said María Luisa Silverio, a nun and coordinator of the shelter, which provides food, clothes, personal hygiene items and access to bathrooms

If I don't get the appointment before January 20 when he comes into power, I know I won't get in at all,

said Aldo, who walked hundreds of miles for two months from Nicaragua to Guatemala and paid $120 to a smuggler to cross into Mexico

People are desperate, anxious. When they arrive here, they come beaten up, sexually abused,

said Silverio, who has been working at the shelter since 2012 despite threats to her safety

I'm not afraid of Donald Trump. The United States is a big economy, and they need the labour,

said Ahmed, who hopes to find a job in finance

My ambition isn't to be wealthy – I just long for the stability I couldn't find back home,

the 40-year-old said

But here we will remain standing, fighting to defend the rights of migrants,

she said

Things are already hard for us without a president putting more obstacles in our way. We just want a better life,

he said

Mexico has to stop allowing millions of people to pour into our country. They can stop them. And we’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada, because Canada, they come through Canada too, and the drugs that are coming through are at record numbers, record numbers. So we’re going to make up for that by putting tariffs on Mexico and Canada, substantial tariffs,

he said

This app is part of a broader strategy to ensure that Mexican nationals receive timely support and legal assistance during these challenging times,

he said

Mexico continues dissolving attention-getting migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in any one place.”

Two weeks ahead of Trump’s second inauguration, the AP reported

If they simply shut down all of those policies and don't have some other regime to put in place, it could backfire and numbers could go up, because there are a lot of people that are waiting in Mexico,

Meissner said

Immigration (officials) told us they were going to give us a permit to transit the country freely for 10, 15 days, and it wasn’t like that,

said 28-year-old Venezuelan migrant Ender Antonio Castañeda

We know they’re going through a very difficult time, with a lot of needs, they arrive without money,

said Reverend Leopoldo Morales, a priest at a Catholic church in Acapulco

To an extent, they lied to us,

he said, believing he would be sent to Mexico City or Monterrey for work opportunities

We’re a little scared by the lack of safety getting on buses, that they’re going to stop us,

Sánchez said

They left us dumped here without any way to get out. They won’t sell us (bus) tickets, they won’t sell us anything,

he added