Migrant caravan races to beat Trump inauguration deadline
A caravan of migrants from Honduras, Venezuela, and other South American countries is heading towards the United States border. They are hurrying to reach there before 20th January, the inauguration of the new U.S. President, Donald Trump. It's a race against time for them.
The tvn24.pl reports on the caravan of migrants travelling through Mexico to reach the USA as quickly as possible. Everyone knows that Trump, during his election campaign, promised to combat migrants and mass migrations. However, they hope that if they reach the USA in time, they will be able to remain there.
- If Trump is watching us, if he is listening to us, I ask him to give us a chance. We are with children. We left the country not because we wanted to, but because we had to. I am a nurse. I voted against Maduro and was dismissed - admits Xavi Yiperi, an immigrant from Venezuela.
- Trump's victory worries us on one hand, but on the other hand, I believe he truly has a heart, he has his own family. He fights for the well-being of his country. If he was elected, it means he must have something good in him - says Elder Hernandez, an immigrant from Honduras.
According to tvn24.pl, Trump has already spoken with the President of Mexico, who supposedly promised him that migrants travelling through her country would not reach the US border. The caravan is accompanied by agents from the Mexican immigration office, who are encouraging people to turn back and return home.
The "border czar" is supposed to tackle the problem
Tom Homan, whom Trump has declared the "border czar," supervising the security of US borders on land, in the air, and at sea, is to fulfil the promise of mass deportation that the president-elect campaigned on. Lower-ranking officials, such as Dawn Buckingham, Texas Land Commissioner, are also hurrying to assist him.
She proposed using approximately 500 hectares of land that Texas repurchased from owners opposed to building a border wall to establish a detention and deportation management centre for immigrants there.
Source: tvn24.pl
