Hours after Trump’s inauguration, his administration canceled appointments allowing migrants to enter the U.S. to request asylum, leaving many of them stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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On his first day back in office, Trump made good on his campaign promise to crack down on immigration, starting with shutting down the use of an app that let migrants make appointments to request asylum. The Biden administration had allowed 1,450 appointments daily at eight different ports of entry along the 2,000-mile-long U.S.-Mexico border.a day tried to get an appointment, some waiting several months before they got lucky.
Pastor Juan Fierro García, who runs a migrant shelter in the outskirts of Juárez, said before Monday, 12 migrants were staying in his shelter. But with the mass cancellation of appointments, he expects that number to grow.At the cafeteria inside a Catholic church in the city’s plaza, Jesse Palmera, 31, ate beans, white bread and oatmeal. The Church provides free food and legal consultations for migrants seeking to enter the U.S.
“We are working hard on bringing other lawsuits,” said Cecillia Wang of the ACLU. “We are coming to court in order to stand up for your rights.”Elora Mukherjee, director of Columbia Law School’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, said the executive order ending birthright citizenship is at odds with the 14th Amendment, which assures citizenship for all.
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