Castro Santos said he’s worried about Trump “canceling the appointments” offered by the U.S. government app, known as CBP One.
If allowed into the U.S., he said his family would like to settle in Houston, where his sister lives.
His immigration promises appealed to many American voters, polls show, including those living near the southern border.
Angela and her son have been waiting for a CBP One appointment for nearly 7 months since arriving in Nogales, Mexico.
Larger numbers of migrants, officials have said, could be incentivized to cross into the U.S. unlawfully in the coming weeks, before Trump takes office on Jan. 20.
Ivan Castro Santos, his wife, and their four kids, including triplets who are one year old, have been living in a cramped room in Nogales, Mexico, for the past four months while they wait for a chance to enter the United States. S. .
The young family joined other migrants from all over Latin America as they journeyed from southern Mexico to the House of Mercy and All Nations shelter in the northern Mexican border city of Nogales. Of them, half are kids. Finding employment and safety in the United States is their shared goal. A.
According to Castro Santos, 22, he and his spouse, Fatima Gonzalez Hernandez, 19, made the decision to leave Guerrero, Mexico, due to “the crime and the risk to the children” in the area. He looked at his small children and added, “To protect them,” in Spanish.
According to estimates, there are tens of thousands of migrants in Mexico who want to enter the United States, including through a program that enables them to use a smartphone app to call American border officials to schedule a time to be screened, processed, and admitted. Many fear that President-elect Donald Trump will make it much more difficult for migrants to enter the United States, despite the Biden administration’s establishment of the system to deter illegal border crossings. S. Not at all.
Trump “canceling the appointments” that the United States has offered is a concern for Castro Santos. S. government application, called CBP One. He stated, “We don’t want to run that risk of going back and putting them at risk,” with reference to his kids. if permitted entry into the U. S. . He stated that his sister lives in Houston and that his family would like to relocate there. He expressed a desire to work in a restaurant and learn how to cook.
Addressing illegal immigration was a major campaign theme for Trump, who ran on a platform of mass deportations, stricter asylum regulations, and a reversal of the border policies of the Biden administration, including the app-powered entry system that migrants use in Mexico. According to polls, many American voters, especially those who reside close to the southern border, were swayed by his immigration promises.
According to Anna Parada, who grew up in Nogales, Arizona, a few miles from the Mexican border, her “main” motivation for voting for Trump was his immigration policies.
According to Parada, “I really saw the Biden administration being a little bit too lax on immigration,”. “I think there will be a change once more now that Trump is back in office. “.
The response to Trump’s victory was very different on the Mexican side of the border.
Migrant Luz Angela, who is from Bolivia, said she was “scared” to hear that Trump was elected by American voters.
“He made promises in his speeches that they would deport all the migrants, so I was afraid,” Angela said in Spanish. “And that the CBP One application would be closed by him.”. “,”.
Angela, a doctor by profession, claimed that she and her son, Matias, 9, left Bolivia due to political persecution. She claimed that after complaining about corruption in the hospital where she worked, the government there singled her out.
After coming to Nogales, Mexico, Angela and her son have been waiting for a CBP One appointment for almost seven months. She has treated fellow migrants at the House of Mercy and All Nations shelter while on wait as a volunteer doctor.
She stated that she was searching for a chance to enhance not only her life but also the health care system in that place. “I enjoy helping those who lack easy access to medical care. “.”.
U. S. The months-long lull in illegal border crossings, which began this year after Mexican officials launched an aggressive effort to interdict migrants and President Biden’s decision in June to deny asylum to the majority of those entering the country illegally, is expected to end with Trump’s election, officials fear. According to officials, more migrants might be encouraged to enter the United States. A. illegally in the weeks before Trump’s January inauguration. Twenty.
The election of Trump and the possible termination of the CBP One system, according to Tucson-based immigration lawyer Alba Jaramillo, may encourage more migrants to enter the United States illegally, including through hazardous areas of the Arizona desert where some people are killed attempting to enter. A.
“They’re desperate,” added Jaramillo, co-executive director of the pro-immigrant group Immigration Law and Justice Network. “I mean, they have sacrificed everything to travel north. “..”.
Anjali Patil provided reporting assistance.
