Illegal immigrants who are traveling through South America into the US via the border have admitted they won’t attempt to enter the country if Donald Trump takes back the White House.
Migrants interviewed by The Telegraph, who had set off from Tapachula, a Mexican city located in the south of the country near the border with Guatemala, said they know the border will be too secure under Trump’s leadership.
The migrants have set off with the intention of getting to the US border before November 5th in an attempt to have their asylum claims processed before Trump is potentially inaugurated in January.
An additional convoy will set off on November 5th to send a message “so Joe Biden and Kamala Harris know we are heading their way.”
The former president vowed to secure the border and conduct mass deportations while promising the death penalty for migrants who kill US citizens.
Trump’s deterrent appears to be working, even now.
“We were waiting for the [asylum] appointment but then with the election all these applications will be closed and we are running out of time. The applications are being paused or canceled, but the border will be open,” said one woman.
“If Donald Trump gets in office again, it will be much tougher,” she added.
Rohmal Silva, a 38-year-old Guatemalan who was deported from the US in 2018 for a drunk driving conviction, said:
“If Donald Trump wins I think I am never going to go back.”
“I am trying to get back before the inauguration. I left Guatemala two weeks ago. I could see the election was coming.”
“I worry about Donald Trump because the law is going to change a lot and it is going to be more hard to go back to the United States,” he added.
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old Haitian migrant Jude Joseph said:
“If I make this CBP One and I get the chance I will go [to the US]. I don’t know exactly if I will get a chance if Donald Trump will be president.”
Another would be an illegal migrant, 28-year-old Juan Jose Arcila, who said he was trying to get to Denver, Colorado, “because I like the name, he summed up the sentiment amongst migrants when he stated, “At this point, our future is not certain. I would like to arrive before Donald Trump [wins]. He will make coming into the country more complicated. That is what everybody is afraid of.”
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