By EFE
The harsh immigration policy of Donald Trump, who this Wednesday won the presidential election in the United States, in which he has stigmatized migrants, will cause an increase in the flow of migrants on the northern border of Mexico, activists and migrants said.
““It is possible that there will be a stagnation of migrants in Ciudad Juárez, as has happened on other occasions”said Francisco Segovia, director of the Frontera de Gracia shelter.
He recalled that in the Government of The United States “takes a long time to authorize the passage of a migrant and that is mainly what worries us, that the wave of migrants that growsthe flow of migrants arriving at the border,” he noted.
Segovia recalled that Trump’s speech has been openly anti-immigrant since his previous term (2017-2021) and now it will not be different and may even be harsher.
“We already know that Trump is the chosen one, now we have to wait to see how the situation here among migrants at the border develops,” said Segovia.
Trump was proclaimed the winner of the United States elections this Wednesday and the Republican will return to the White House after a hard-fought electoral campaign in which he surpassed the 270 electoral votes necessary to become the 47th president in the country’s history.
Among migrants, They see in Trump a figure who represents strict immigration policies and an uncertain future for those seeking to cross the border.
Although the US Department of Homeland Security has said that the country’s immigration laws remain strict and that there will be no immediate change in immigration laws after the US elections, migrants were seen crossing international bridges in fear on Wednesday. that with the arrival of Donald Trump they would return them, even though they had their CPB ONE appointment.
“We had the dream that the other person (Kamala Harris) who was fighting with Trump for the Presidency of the United States was going to win and now we are afraid; We know that if there are opportunities to enter, then it is better to do things well and wait for what he says,” said José Eduardo Castañeda Méndez, originally from El Salvador.
Trump’s return to the Presidency is for migrants on the northern border of Mexico a possibility that revives memories of obstacles and separations and in the face of a panorama of uncertainty, many seek strength in the community and local organizations, determined to wait until the last moment to know what your future will be.
Last Monday, During a campaign closing rally, Trump directly threatened Sheinbaum with the imposition of a 25% tariff on exportsin case the country does not stop the “avalanche of criminals and drugs entering the US.”
On Tuesday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum highlighted a 75% decrease in the number of migrants arriving at the border with the United States, in response to Trump’s warning, whom she congratulated for his victory at the polls.
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