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The Biden administration had managed to restrict asylum by opening up some other legal avenues and hope that would stand in the court. As of today, there’s almost no way of getting protection at the US border or anywhere along a route to the United States,
said Andrew Selee, president of the think tank Migration Policy Institute They may wait for a while and see what’s going to happen. Whether they wait for a day or a few months, if they’re this far and committed, they’re eventually going to try anyway,
the Homeland Security official said, referring to migrants The decision to eliminate all avenues to seek asylum, even for families with children fleeing for their lives, is a stunning development, one that makes a mockery of our post WWII commitment never to summarily send people back to danger,
said Lee Gelernt, ACLU attorney who led many of the challenges to Trump’s border policies in the first administration, in a statement They say they do want immigrants in the United States, but legal ones. Obviously, we did all this legally. … Right now we don’t know what’s going to happen,
Just as Donald Trump takes power, he can't surpass the United Nations, understand? United as one,
Well, we feel quite sad because our goal is to enter, and knowing they won't let us in breaks our hearts,
The best thing for our family is to go at least to Mexico City, where there are more employment opportunities, and you can actually settle here in Mexico while you wait for the new processes that may come from this new U.S. government."
Olindo Colmenares, a migrant from Venezuela traveling with his wife and son, told AP We don’t know what is going to happen,
I’m a little scared because with everything we’ve been through, everything we’ve fought for, with all the sacrifices we’ve made, it’s very hard to have the doors closed on us and not be able to cross,
said Jefferzon Celedon, a 24-year-old Venezuelan Have compassion and let us cross,
she pleaded, recounting her “six months of suffering” after leaving Venezuela, where she had been living with her family We have to keep going and not be swayed by what people say, whether they close it or not. We will see when we arrive,
Since we are here, please let us in, please, after all the work we have put in to get here, let us enter your country, so that we can better ourselves in life and be somebody,
Crossing beyond this point will result in arrest, prosecution, and possible application of force,
Offices could be heard saying ... in footage shared by KFOX14 News Regardless of Trump’s warnings, migrants don’t want to be stuck in Tapachula,
he told the newspaper El Diario del Sur We are not afraid of Donald Trump’s threats … because God is with us,
said Luis, a migrant from Honduras
