USA has just launched an advertising campaign to persuade Latin American migrants fleeing their countries not to enter the United States, while the presence of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) patrols becomes more visible in border towns like El Paso.
“Don’t listen to what smugglers say: learn about the US immigration system”, assures a message from dhs on his Twitter page.
This security department specified that the campaign will be carried out in countries such as Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Ecuador and Colombia, and the messages will also be disseminated “along the migration route and on the most popular social media platforms among migrants.”
The launch of this campaign coincides with the lifting, tonight, of Title 42, a regulation that allowed the immediate expulsions of migrants who crossed the border irregularly for public health reasons.
After its expiration, Title 8, the rule that has historically governed migration in the United States, will apply and, in addition, the Government of President Joe Biden has announced new measures that restrict access to asylum applications on the border with Mexico.
These new measures consider “unfit” to request asylum for migrants who cross the border irregularly and who have not requested protection in a third country during their journey to the United States.
“The coyote (people smuggler) ripped us off. Entering the United States illegally is a crime. say no to the coyote” can be read in Spanish in a text written in red and white over an image of a migrant family with two children on their backs, and which is part of this campaign.
On another photograph, but this time of a border patrol, the phrase is printed: “The immigration laws of the United States remain in force. Crossing illegally is a crime.”
In another snapshot of two migrants being put on a plane to be deported, it reads: “Crossing illegally is a crime: It has consequences.”
A third digital flyer reads: “Immigration laws in the United States have been tightened. The United States Government is making changes to increase the consequences for illegal entry into the country, beginning May 12”.
“These consequences include deportation, a 5-year re-entry ban, and prosecution of repeat offenders.”, the message continues, before warning that “those who do not follow the legal pathway to enter the United States may be deemed ineligible for asylum.”
National and local authorities have prepared for a greater flow of migrants and, in the border town of El Paso, for example, 4,500 new beds have been set up in anticipation of a new wave of refugees.
Likewise, in various areas of downtown El Paso, where up to a thousand migrants have camped these days, the presence of patrols from the DCH security forces is palpable, which were not visible a few days ago.
Source: EFE
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