{"id":201815,"date":"2019-07-03T13:45:12","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=201815"},"modified":"2019-07-03T13:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T17:45:12","slug":"what-happens-to-migrants-when-they-reach-the-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/world\/usa\/what-happens-to-migrants-when-they-reach-the-border\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to migrants when they reach the border?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The harrowing image of <\/span>the baby who drowned with her father<\/span><\/a> in the Rio Grande illustrates the risks that migrants are willing to take to reach the United States in the face of the increasingly strict policies of President Donald Trump’s government to prevent their entry.<\/span><\/p>\n

For many of the migrants trying to get to the country, it is a matter of waiting, waiting and waiting a little longer to get the authorization to enter, unless they try to force things and cross the border, a dangerous and sometimes lethal decision which on occasions involves entering the scorching desert or fording the Rio Grande and its deceptive currents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a look at how migrants try to reach the United States and what they find:<\/span><\/p>\n

There are two ways<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hundreds of thousands of people have come to the border in recent months, many of them families fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. Once they reach the border, they can take different paths to try to enter the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

One way is to present themselves at the official border crossings, known as ports of entry, and applying for asylum. This represents the beginning of a legal process that often takes years, and in which they must demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution in their country of origin.<\/span><\/p>\n

But the Trump government has implemented a measure along the entire border that limits the number of asylum applications received daily at the ports of entry. It is known as “dosing” and has created huge lines and a months-long wait for people in Mexican territory, often besieged by violence and drug trafficking, just for an opportunity to seek asylum.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, about 80 people are processed daily at the border crossing near San Diego. In other cities, days pass without a new application being accepted.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Haitian woman holds her daughter while waiting outside the office of the Mexican Refugee Aid Commission in Tapachula to obtain the documents that allow them to stay in Mexico, on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Photo: Oliver de Ros \/ AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several border cities in the United States have their own waiting lists. A recent estimate indicated that the total number of people who are waiting is about 18,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

And the waiting list is not the only U.S. government measure to keep migrants in Mexico.<\/span><\/p>\n

Under a policy announced in December, many of the migrants who requested asylum must wait in Mexico as their cases advance through migration courts in the United States. The measure applies mainly to people from Central America.<\/span><\/p>\n

Previously, many of the people seeking asylum were allowed to enter the United States, where they were either detained or released within the country as their cases advanced through the system, a process that can take months or years, and which allowed many of the migrants to disappear within the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The migrants\u2019 belongings rest on the shelves of what was the kitchen of the Jes\u00fas el Buen Pastor shelter for migrants in Tapachula, Mexico, on Tuesday, June 18, 2019. Photo: Rebecca Blackwell \/ AP.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As a result of Trump’s new policy, more than 14,000 asylum seekers are waiting in Mexico for their cases to be decided.<\/span><\/p>\n

But many are frustrated by the long wait or don\u2019t even bother to get on lines. So they use another alternative: They openly or clandestinely cross the border outside the official ports of entry and surrender to the Border Patrol agents, who proceed to detain them at facilities inside the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the case of the two Salvadoran migrants in the photograph, \u00d3scar Alberto Mart\u00ednez Ram\u00edrez and his daughter Valeria, they decided to cross the Rio Grande after waiting two months in Mexico to request asylum, according to various press reports.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bfC\u00f3mo se detiene a migrantes en Estados Unidos?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n