An outside observer might be forgiven for presuming that Donald Trump has already taken office. World leaders are dropping in to talk with him, and his proposed policies are already bearing fruit. Reuters, predictably, notes that Trump’s border policies are already making a difference — but gets the main point in the illegal immigration debate completely wrong.
Yes, the incoming Trump administration has made their intentions known, and they are already having an effect. Not least of those effects are President-elect Trump’s appointment of border bulldog Tom Homan and the incoming Trump administration’s stated immigration policies. Now, some immigrants are mulling over a return to their home countries, aware of the fact that there’s a new sheriff in town north of the border.
Every day, Nidia Montenegro spends hours checking her cellphone, hoping to receive a long-awaited appointment with U.S. border officials to seek asylum in the United States.
The 52-year-old Venezuelan migrant in Mexico says she fears her appointment will not come before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, when he has vowed to scrap a slew of programs that have allowed migrants to enter the U.S. legally – including the government app that Montenegro is using to try and get her appointment.
That could leave thousands of migrants like Montenegro in limbo and facing the choice of trying to cross into the U.S. illegally, staying in Mexico, or returning home.
Given those options, Montenegro says she would return home, more fearful of the violence she has encountered while traveling through Mexico than the hardship she left behind in Venezuela.
Good. Strong and clear to the point language works. Soft, no rules body language means come in and have your way.
No way. No longer. Get the Frick out and come back legally.
All illegals will be watching for the white bus with a green stripe. They run like rats when they see one.
“Here, let me help you with your luggage”!