In Ciudad Juárez, Cuban migrants seek asylum in the US. - NBCLatino
Yusneliy Pompa sits with daughter Jani Paumier and Victor Paumier, her father-in-law, as she waits to find out if there’s room for her family at a temporary government-run shelter inside the Gimnasio de Bachilleres in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The family arrived in Juárez to file for asylum at the El Paso, Texas port of entry.
That is no longer in place, though under the Cuban Adjustment Act, Cubans who are already on U.S. soil — whether they came in undetected or overstayed a tourist visa — can adjust their legal status if they can keep a low profile for one year and one day. Many Cubans in Juárez said they chose to travel there after hearing it’s the safest border city from which to request asylum. In recent weeks, news reports have detailed the illegal detention, kidnapping and extortion of migrants arriving in Reynosa, a city hundreds of miles east of Juárez.
Osiris Castellano, originally from Cuba, gives another asylum seeker a haircut in the lobby of the Gimnasio de Bachilleres shelter. Castellano dreams of opening a barbershop in Miami.“We’re making an extraordinary effort to welcome everyone arriving,” said Enrique Valenzuela, who works for the state of Chihuahua’s population office and is coordinating shelter efforts in the city. “But we’re going to need major resources and support,” he added.
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