Posted on 11/05/2024 6:20:24 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Nogales, Mexico — Migrants from all corners of the globe, from Latin America to far-flung countries in Africa and Asia, come to a shelter in this northern Mexican city hoping to enter the U.S. and escape economic hardship and, in some cases, deadly danger.
"They tried to kill us," said Rosa Benalcazar, a migrant staying at the House of Mercy and all Nations, one of the biggest shelters for migrants on the Mexican side of the Arizona-Mexico border.
Benalcazar said she journeyed to the U.S. after criminal gangs threatened to harm her and her family in Ecuador.
Like the other migrants at the shelter in Nogales, Benalcazar has been trying to get an appointment to enter America through a U.S. government phone app known as CBP One. Designed to discourage illegal border crossings, the Biden administration program allows migrants in Mexico to request a time to be processed at a legal entry point. The wait times, however, can extend for months due to an extraordinarily high demand.
"I haven't had luck," Benalcazar said in Spanish, noting she's been attempting to secure a CBP One appointment each day for seven months straight.
Sister Lika Macias, the shelter's director, said many migrants feel that luck may soon become harder to find, given the presidential election in the U.S.
"The politics in the United States," affect "migration policy" at the U.S.-Mexico border, Macias said.
Vice President Harris has promised to continue current Biden administration policies that sharply limit asylum for those who cross the southern border without waiting for a CBP One appointment. But former President Donald Trump has vowed to seal the U.S.-Mexico border altogether, including by ending the CBP One process and other programs that allow migrants to enter the country lawfully.
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What kind of crap article is this?
“Benalcazar said she journeyed to the U.S. after criminal gangs threatened to harm her and her family in Ecuador.”
Did they chase her into Mexico? Why does she need to move further north?
Every illegal must go.
The worst kind?
What do I win?
Word. ALL of them.
Well just request asylum there in Mexico.
You're away from the danger, and at least they speak your language.
This. If you are here illegally, you do not have US rights.
I think the author meant “illegal immigrants” are scared…. Easy mistake to make
The hysteria get turned up another notch.
Good! When you go to another country with the intent to break the law and freeload, you should be afraid, very afraid.
Stay home or come here legally. This country owes you nothing.
Cry me a river.
They are here illegally. Obey our laws and go home.
Well, apparently you might win the privilege to house and pay for the illegals. Not much of prize.
If they are here illegally and have criminal histories...they should be.
Awwwwwwww.....
They basically wrote the same article in 2016. All the poor illegals are scared. Too bad. Don’t come here illegally. Wait in line like everyone else.
“Benalcazar said she journeyed to the U.S. after criminal gangs threatened to harm her and her family in Ecuador.”
So, if safety is your concern, which, I doubt, the law requires you migrate to a pass thru country to the US. Go to Uruguay or Argentina next door. But, you won’t because you are really an economic migrant, much like the millions of others, trying to skirt our immigration system program which does not qualify you for entry and instead trying to enter under the amnesty program for which you are not qualified
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