By Daniel Becerril and Lizbeth Diaz
TACHULA, Mexico Nov 7 – Hundreds of migrants touring collectively in a caravan in Mexico are grappling with their subsequent steps after former U.S. President Donald Trump, who ran on an anti-immigration platform, was propelled to victory for a second time period.
After listening to Trump had received, many migrants within the caravan of about 3,000 individuals which began within the southern metropolis of Tapachula on Tuesday, felt much less hopeful about their probability at a brand new life in america.
“I had hoped would win, however that did not occur,” mentioned Valerie Andrade, a Venezuelan migrant touring with the caravan from Chiapas to Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Andrade, alongside along with her husband, and like over 7 million different Venezuelans, left their crisis-ridden nation in search of higher prospects.
Trump, 78, clinched Tuesday’s election after a marketing campaign that promised large-scale deportations and a return to fast-tracked deportations to Mexico.
His proposed immigration insurance policies additionally embody ending birthright citizenship for youngsters of undocumented immigrants.
Throughout his earlier administration, between 2017 and 2021 Trump put in place insurance policies that left lots of of 1000’s of migrants stranded in camps alongside the Mexican border, reshaping U.S. immigration politics.
A spokesperson for Chiapas state safety advised Reuters that whereas the migrant caravan continues north, some households are selecting to show again to Tapachula, close to the Guatemalan border.
Nonetheless, for a lot of, the journey northward persists.
Venezuelan migrant Jeilimar, who requested that her final title be withheld for her security, stays hopeful her appointment to hunt asylum by way of the U.S. Customs and Border Safety app, CBP One, will come by earlier than Trump assumes workplace in January 2025.
“With God’s favor, I will get that appointment,” she mentioned, as she travels along with her six-year-old daughter, intent on reaching the U.S.
Human rights activists say migrants will proceed to reach to the U.S. southern border.
“Individuals will search new paths; it’s going to be extra harmful, nevertheless it will not cease them,” mentioned Heyman Vázquez, a Catholic priest and pro-migrant activist in Chiapas.
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