Angelica Matos, who is from Venezuela, has sought asylum in the U.S. but has had to wait in Mexico under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
Posted on 02/03/2021 4:05:07 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MATAMOROS, Mexico - Angelica Matos, who fled Venezuela, where her husband was tortured and jailed, has endured fears of violence and the spread of Covid-19, all in the hope that the United States would again open its doors to asylum-seekers after the Trump administration's restrictive policies.
Others who had similar hopes gave up. But after a year and a half of waiting in Mexico, Matos is clinging to a kernel of possibility that the new president, Joe Biden, will once again give people like her the refuge and safety that could come if they are granted asylum.
"I am very hopeful, and I can talk as an immigrant, and as all the immigrants that are here waiting for this government to start telling us what is going to happen to us, because we are in immigration limbo," Matos said.
Biden has said he would undo the Trump administration policy that keeps Matos in Mexico — what's known as the Remain in Mexico policy and is officially called the Migration Policy Protocols.
Matos works for one of the nonprofits as a translator. She had been a journalist in Venezuela.
"I wanted to go to the U.S. because they are supposed to respect human rights," she said. "Trump didn't do that to us, but we are hoping President Biden will respect that...We hope they respect human rights, and we hope to have liberty, to be free in our profession."
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Angelica Matos, who is from Venezuela, has sought asylum in the U.S. but has had to wait in Mexico under the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" policy.
Hey Angelica, during that year and a half of waiting, did you try to start the legal process of emigrating?
so whats so wrong about Mexican asylum?
They are not immigrants.
They are colonists.
They intend to supplant the existing culture
, language, and economic system with their own.
They want an apartheid state where non-members of their ethnicity are treated as second class citizens.
They did this before to the Mayans and Aztec.
Not immigrants.
Colonists.
from the headline:
“U.S. asylum-seekers”
I read that as the asylum seekers are Americans! it should just say “asylum seekers in Mexico”.
7 Day moving Average of Deaths from Covid in Mexico is still over 1,200/day and I’m confident Mexico isn’t counting every death.
Biden’s Minions: “I have a great Idear! Lets open the border!”
Media: “Crickets”
Criminals in the US risk badness from interacting with other criminals while engaging in criminal activity.
Do they all now get awards for that?
“The mayor will now hand out a special recognition award to Joey the drug dealer. He was ripped off 2 times by other drug dealers. Everyone stand up and give Joey a hearty ovation and some love...”.
I wouldn’t watch NBC if you paid me. In fact I don’t watch any news anymore. I know what’s coming.
...and your wallets. And your kids.
A vile organization.
Did Maduro remove the US Embassy address from the GPS systems?
The report is pure propaganda trash and this leftist colonist is multiplied by millions waiting in anticipation to turn America into where they came from.
She could’ve recieved asylum in Colombia, several central American nations, or Mexico. But she wanted to come to the US. It’s not asylum, it’s immigrating to the US she wants.
Apply like everyone else. “Asylum” is the preferred method to get to the front of the line.
“Matos ... had been a journalist in Venezuela.”
Sorry, Angelica. More journalists is really not on our most-needed list. Try getting a degree in a useful field, reapply, stand in line, and we’ll let you know if we need you.
Now can NBC rewrite this story from America’s point of view?
Apparently no one has told the asylum seekers about Biden yet.
Apparently no one has told the asylum seekers about Biden yet.
So she left her husband to rot in a Venezuelan jail?
No freebies from the stupid gringo. Mexico actually values Mexican citizenship.
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