Jimmie Johnson Reporter

Delayed asylum applications in Mexico push migrants north to Southern border

Oct 29, 2021

Jimmie Johnson Reporter

According to the Washington Post, a new caravan of migrants who attempted to seek asylum in Mexico is en route to the Southern border. Migrants are fleeing poverty and violence in countries like Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Haiti.

Migrants who attempted to seek asylum in Mexico say they have waited months–and in some cases, a year–and have not heard back from Mexican authorities.

For some of these migrants, specifically Haitians, their journey to America requires them to first survive a 66-mile trek through one of the world’s most dangerous jungles, the Darién Gap, between Panama and Colombia.

Tags: Immigration

JIMMIE JOHNSON: IT LOOKS LIKE A NEW CARAVAN OF MIGRANTS IS HEADED TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER.
IT’S AN ISSUE I’VE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR SOME TIME, AND DOESN’T SEEM TO BE GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.
THIS TIME, IT’S MIGRANTS SICK OF WAITING FOR ASYLUM IN MEXICO, ACCORDING TO NEW REPORTING FROM THE WASHINGTON POST.
THE REPORT SAYS MIGRANTS FROM GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, EL SALVADOR, AND HAITI ARE SEEKING TO ESCAPE POVERTY AND VIOLENCE BY FINDING WORK.
SOME MIGRANTS SAY THEY ATTEMPTED TO SEEK ASYLUM IN MEXICO, BUT AFTER A YEARS-LONG WAIT FOR SOME, THEIR DESPERATION AND PATIENCE HAVE RUN OUT.
FOR SOME OF THESE MIGRANTS, MOSTLY HAITIANS, THEIR JOURNEY TO AMERICA WENT THROUGH ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST DANGEROUS JUNGLES.
TO CHECK OUT MY REPORTING ON THE LENGTHS THEY TAKE TO GET TO AMERICA, SEARCH: THE DARIEN GAP: A “TROPICAL HELL” HAITIAN MIGRANTS MUST SURVIVE TO REACH U-S BORDER CROSSINGS.