Tijuana, Mexico.
Thousands of Central American migrants live in it inns of the Mexican city Juarez City waiting for one miracle who does not arrive after he has been cheated by “coyotes” and misled with false information about it facilities arrive To the United States.
The shelters in this border town are packed with a total 1,500 people usually comes out Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, behind the massive arrival of migrants confidence in the alleged measures in recent weeks less restrictive from the US authorities.
Among the increasingly desperate is the Honduran Cristian Alexis, 30 years old, accompanied by his 5-year-old son and who, after paymentr $ 7,000 yet “smuggler” for him to cross the border, now look how his American dream.
“They told us the 21 would open the border and they lied to us. I have been here for 7 days with the help of two good Mexican people who gave me fit into your home with my 5 year old son, i work with them and I have a roof and food “, he explained to Efe.
Cristian doesn’t stop thinking $ 7,000 qwho paid the coyote and now thinks he could have done much better for him with that money family.
‘I’ll wait here for two months to see what they tell us. In case I can’t cross back to Honduras because there I have another son and my wife ”, assures a dissatisfied and pessimistic Cristian.
“To the people of Honduras leYes, I would say, don’t get out, there is no way to proceed U.S”adds Cristian when he recalls the false information reaching Central Americans about alleged facilities of the new Government of President Joe Biden.
The statements of Biden about the pursuit of a more humane migration policy was the reason for the arrival of the border of thousands of migrants that the asylum by the conditions dand misery quWe live in their respective countries.
So far close 3,200 migrants that were part of the plan “Stay in México” (Stay in Mexico) have been tried by a US court, prompting many to reach the border, while others are trying cross the border irregular.
NON-SCRUPLE TRADERS
Enrique Valenzuela Peralta, General Coordinator of the State Population Council (Coespo) of the Mexican State of Chihuahua, notes that the migrants who have returned from the United Statess have the option of return to your country of origin with the support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) or stay in Mexico sI wish to do this as soon as they regularize them migration situation.
“To the migrants who want to cross irregular way they are advised not to do this. The problem is, many of them aren pushed by people who trade with false promises, ”says Valenzuela.
“Illegal groups traffic lis to make believe that the doors are about to open U.S so they can apply for international asylum, ”he added.
This is where Pedro Vázquez, 35, is originally from Honduras, who decided to leave his country because of extreme poverty until illegal crossing lto the border via Reynosa (Tamaulipas).
Vázquez feels disappointed and cheated for the people who dumped him across the border. US immigration authorities detained and deported him until he arrived Juarez City.
“I trust God to go to my house, in Santa Fe, Honduras “, Vázquez responded to Efe with tears in his eyes and while he was looking for help and money for him return ticket.
Father Javier Calvillo, director of the house migrant in Juarez City, therefore asked those trying to cross U.S that they think about it and evaluate it carefully because it poses a risk to their well-being and that of their family.
“It’s important that migrants tConsider other options, if you want to leave your country, you can see in Mexico uOne place to live, ”he said.
“Those who try to go United States lor they must go through the right channels, not with a pollero, but with international organizations or governmental authorities, ”he said.
Father Calvillo recalled that, despite Biden’s good intentions, immigration policy is difficult to change, so the migrants They are at risk of being driven to a frontier they don’t know about and amid the pandemic crisis caused by Covid-19.
See: Images of the exodus of Honduran migrants on the border with the United States
In similar terms, Roberta Jacobson, White House Southern Border Coordinator, spoke Tuesday after the meeting Mexico City with Mexican Secretary of State Marcelo Ebrard and other officials.
‘Don’t come to the border. L.The border is closed. People who attempt to travel illegally to the United States are at risk of crime and human trafficking. It’s a dangerous journey and the coyotes from which migrants borrow are dangerous people, ”said Jacobson.
While the new measures were agreed on Tuesday Mexico and states United, the governor of Chihuahua, Javier Corral Jurado has requested to increase the capacity in the Integration Center for the migrant “Leona Vicario” in order to avoid the crowds and the embarrassing conditions in which the migrants find themselves. EFE