Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security.
A girl from the Mexican state of Morelia sleeps in front of a sign for Tijuana as her family's CBP One application appointments to apply for asylum in the United States were declared not valid on the application Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico, shortly after President Donald Trump was sworn-in.
Now, migrants like her are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality. Many remain determined to reach the U.S. through more dangerous means, riding freight trains, hiring smugglers and dodging authorities. Some lined up in Mexico's refugee offices to seek asylum in that country, while others contemplated finding a way back home.and restrict refugees and asylum, saying he wants to halt illegal entry and border crime.
Along Mexico's southern border with Guatemala another group of migrants in Tapachula took a different approach. Trump’s recent moves have also forced people to make even more drastic moves and seek to return to their countries without clear pathway or resources to do so, according to Enrique Vidal Olascoaga, director of the Fray Matías de Córdova human rights center in Tapachula.
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