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They originally planned to submit an asylum application to the United States, but before they could do so, they experienced seven days of "sleeping on the floor and eating biscuits" in an immigration detention center on the border between the United States and Mexico, and then were deported back to Guatemala.
On August 12, Central American migrants deported from the United States arrived in the Guatemalan border town of El Cebo. Xinhua News Agency/Midland
Guatemalan Immigration Director Stuart Rodriguez said that from July 30 to August 5 alone, the United States has repatriated 157 Guatemalan immigrants from 44 families through three flights.
Like the Soto family, these immigrants were rejected for reasons such as epidemic prevention and safety before they had time to apply through immigration courts and other methods before being deported.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection official Manuel Padia said recently that any deported immigrant who re-enters the U.S. illegally will face the risk of prosecution.
The U.S. "Washington Post" disclosed on the 10th that since the 6th, more than 300 migrants from Central American countries have been repatriated by the United States to the southern city of Villahermosa, Mexico, and then by the Mexican government to the border of Guatemala by bus. The small town of El Cevo.
Most of the migrants came from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. Among the immigrants were many mothers with children under the age of one.
Jennifer, a 24-year-old Salvadoran, and her 9-year-old son were kicked out of Texas on the morning of the 9th, arrived in Villahermosa by plane, and were pulled by a bus to El Sevo that night. She said the people who sent them "did not tell us where they were taking us, and when the bus pulled into Guatemala, they said, 'Okay, here we go, get off'".
On August 12, a Central American immigrant deported from the United States checked his mobile phone in the Guatemalan border town of El Cebo. Xinhua News Agency/Midland
According to statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency has detained more than 176,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border between July 1 and 28 this year.
Variant strains accelerate the spread of the epidemic, and many countries in the United States and Latin America are facing a rebound in the epidemic. The U.S. is still accelerating the pace of deporting immigrants amid the heightened risk of the pandemic.
This is the Central American migrant expelled from the United States on August 12 in the Guatemalan border town of El Cebo. Xinhua News Agency/Midland
Analysts said that the relaxation of immigration policies after the Biden administration took office has directly led to a surge in the number of illegal immigrants trying to cross the border into the United States.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as of the end of July, an average of more than 6,700 people attempted to enter the United States illegally every day. Media reports say the number of immigrants trying to cross into the U.S. has reached the highest level in 20 years since the Biden administration took office.
On May 14, U.S. border police intercepted a group of Central American migrants who entered the country illegally from Mexico in Penitas, Texas. Xinhua/Reuters
In response to the growing problem of illegal immigration, senior U.S. officials including U.S. Vice President Harris and Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas visited Mexico and Central American countries one after another in the first half of this year.
In this regard, the interviewed experts said that the recent actions of the United States reflect that the Biden administration has changed its attitude towards immigration issues, trying to bring closer relations with Mexico and Central American countries to jointly prevent illegal immigrants from going north.
The U.S. has been criticized for accelerating the large-scale deportation of immigrants despite the severe epidemic.
"This is not a good way to restore order on the border," said Daniela Bourgui-Palomino, an immigration expert at the Latin American Working Group, a U.S. foreign policy research agency.
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