"I wanted to go to the US, says Parra, but the American dream no longer exists for anyone; it's a lie. Right now, they're persecuting migrants they may be good people, they may be bad people, but everyone is paying."
"Asylum seekers were once able to reach the US from Mexico and be allowed to make their case before a judge. Now, many have found themselves stuck in Mexican cities, fearful of returning to their home countries and unable to continue north."
"It's hard to survive in Mexico, Parra says. Here, it's the same as in Venezuela in some ways because we are migrants and we don't have rights."
Donald Trump's executive orders have fundamentally altered migration patterns across the Americas, leaving asylum seekers trapped in Mexican cities. Vallejo camp in Mexico City houses migrants primarily from Venezuela and Honduras who arrived after 2022 legislative changes. These individuals can no longer reach the US and make their cases before judges as previously possible. Trump's legislation allocates nearly $50 billion for border wall construction and additional anti-migration spending. Families like Edicson Parra's, who fled Venezuela seeking opportunity, now live in inadequate shelter conditions along railway tracks, earning minimal wages while lacking legal rights. Many migrants face impossible choices: remaining in Mexico's difficult conditions or risking return to dangerous home countries.
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