(28 Jan 2025)
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Mexico City, Mexico – 28 January 2025
1. Various of asylum seekers waiting in line at the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Antony Velazco, asylum seeker from Venezuela:
"I still haven’t changed my mind because my family is in the United States so I want to fight until it’s possible, until another door opens (to go to the United States) while I wait here."
3. Various of asylum-seekers handing over a paper with their turn number ++PART COVERING SHOT 2 AND 3++
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Rony Almonard, Haitian asylum seeker:
"I want to go through the process to see if I can get the (asylum) documents to be able to move my family here, work here, live here, and buy a house to live here."
5. Various of Ivón Fundora, a Cuban asylum seeker, waiting with her family ++PART COVERING SHOT 6++
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ivón Fundora, asylum seeker from Cuba:
"We arrived here in Mexico and (Trump) had removed CBP One and it was a tremendous hassle. We are here at the Comar (Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid) because they (authorities) have told us that this is the only possibility we have to stay here legally and we want to stay here for the time being."
7. Various of asylum seekers waiting in line at the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid ++PART COVERING SHOT 6++
STORYLINE:
Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to go to the U.S. are adjusting to a new reality after President Donald Trump began a border crackdown last week.
Many asylum seekers waited on Tuesday outside the office of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid in Mexico City, hoping to regularize their status to be able to remain in Mexico.
Trump took office on Jan. 20 and signed a series of executive orders to beef up border security and slash migration.
One ended the use of the CBP One app that had allowed nearly 1 million people, many seeking asylum, to legally enter the U.S. since January 2023.
For some, the most plausible solution is to stay temporarily in Mexico until other possibilities to migrate open up.
"I still haven’t changed my mind," said Like Antony Velazco, an asylum seeker from Venezuela, whose family is now in the United States.
"I want to fight until it’s possible, until another door opens (to go to the United States) while I wait here," he added.
For many others, disillusioned and tired of having waited for a CBP One appointment in vain, the best scenario is to stay permanently in Mexico, do so legally and find a job.
Ivón Fundora, an art teacher from Cuba, hugged her daughter as they waited for their turn in front of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid on Tuesday.
Last week, Trump declared a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border and announced plans to send U.S. troops and restrict refugees and asylum, saying he wants to halt illegal entry and border crime.
AP Video by Fernanda Pesce
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