"Caravan" migrants from Central America arrive US-Mexico border
Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:14:am World
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U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered border officials to repel and drive back Central American migrants, making their way towards the US-Mexico border in hopes of seeking asylum.
Dozens of migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras arrived Mexico's city of Tijuana, which shares border with southern California on Tuesday evening.
Trump began attacks against the group on Twitter early in April, when reports of migrants "caravans" headed towards the US emerged on US media channel FOX News.
On Monday, U.S. authorities released statements on Monday saying they would driven back, casting doubts in the heart of many who had fled their homes because perceived lethal threats or political persecution, hanging onto hopes of being granted asylum in the United States.
Two busloads of men, women and children arrived in the Tijuana after a nearly a month journey, with its occupants flooding the streets of the city while they looked on towards the city San Diego, visible at spots through a rusty barrier or across a pedestrian bridge.
Four other busloads were also heading towards the border,after been stalled for days in the Mexican city, Hermosillo.
A coordinator from immigrant rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras that has been organizing similar caravans for several years, Rodrigo Abeja, said the group plans of regrouping before any decision would be made.
"They will wait for all those seeking asylum to be together," Abeja said.
Mexican authorities had given them temporary visas after Trumps comments in early April, which afforded the migrants legal status to travel to the border.
Dozens of migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras arrived Mexico's city of Tijuana, which shares border with southern California on Tuesday evening.
Trump began attacks against the group on Twitter early in April, when reports of migrants "caravans" headed towards the US emerged on US media channel FOX News.
On Monday, U.S. authorities released statements on Monday saying they would driven back, casting doubts in the heart of many who had fled their homes because perceived lethal threats or political persecution, hanging onto hopes of being granted asylum in the United States.
Two busloads of men, women and children arrived in the Tijuana after a nearly a month journey, with its occupants flooding the streets of the city while they looked on towards the city San Diego, visible at spots through a rusty barrier or across a pedestrian bridge.
Four other busloads were also heading towards the border,after been stalled for days in the Mexican city, Hermosillo.
A coordinator from immigrant rights group Pueblo Sin Fronteras that has been organizing similar caravans for several years, Rodrigo Abeja, said the group plans of regrouping before any decision would be made.
"They will wait for all those seeking asylum to be together," Abeja said.
Mexican authorities had given them temporary visas after Trumps comments in early April, which afforded the migrants legal status to travel to the border.
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