“You need to be lucky” with the app, said Angelo, 25, a construction worker from Peru, as he walked in the early morning to avoid daytime temperatures topping 90 degrees. He spent less than a week in Tapachula but saw an expanding migrant population and fewer and fewer jobs to sustain himself. “I prefer to walk and turn myself in to U.S. authorities,” he said. “I’ve had the American dream since childhood.”
Migrants walking in the caravan expressed misgivings over insecurity in Tapachula—with two saying they were kidnapped upon entering Mexico.
Luis, a 35-year-old Venezuelan in the caravan, says he was “tricked by a kid,” who offered him a motorcycle ride up the road upon entering Mexico. He spent five days in a safehouse until family in Venezuela sent $200 via Western Union. Luis has a screenshot of the receipt. He also has a photo of the stamp on his arm—resembling a fighting cock—that his captors left on his arm, allowing him passage for roughly 20 miles to the border.
“I don’t like Mexico,” he said, adding that if he failed to reach the United States, he would rather head back to Venezuela than stay in Mexico.
Luis, a migrant from Venezuela, applies for an appointment to enter the United States through the CBP One app, while resting Oct. 9 in Mapastepec, Mexico after walking during the predawn hours as part of a caravan. (David Agren/Associated News Service)
Others express an urgency to reach the United States prior to the Jan. 20 change of presidential administrations—amid misgivings over Trump’s plan for mass deportations and rumors of the CBP One app being disbanded.
Caravan travelers rest Oct. 9 on a public basketball court in Mapastepec, Mexico, after walking through the night to beat temperatures reaching 95 degrees. The migrants formed a caravan over frustration with the CBP One app, which provides 1,450 daily appointments for entering the United States at an authorized port of entry. (David Agren/Associated News Service)
“We’re fearful that during the elections the president will get rid of humanitarian parole and the CBP One app,” said José, 28, a caravan organizer and Venezuelan migrant. “At that point everything would be up in the air. … We’re trying to move quickly, but it’s hard because we have children, old people, and pregnant women” in the caravan.
José later clarified that he was only worried about Trump, saying of Harris, “The vice president running is already with migrants.”
Edited by Roy Maynard of the Associated News Service.
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