The Odds are Not Good
Our new friend the abuela crossed over to the US early this morning. Yesterday her younger son and his wife and child were admitted separately and are now in the clutches of the customs system. Now it’s her turn. Soon, her oldest son and his wife and child will be taken across. We won’t hear from them after they go, so we can only hope things work out well for them. But the odds are not good. What happens next is that they get taken in custody to Tucson where they apply for asylum. Then they are brought back to Mexico where they must wait until their hearing for asylum. They aren’t brought back to Agua Prieta, though. Likely they will all be dropped off in Nogales, MX and hopefully all of the family will get back together there in the near future. But, then again, they may not all be taken there. We just don’t know. This Trump policy of putting people back into harm’s way in Mexico after they have applied for asylum is called the Migrant Protection Program, aka the ...