The United States interrupts its asylum interviews with Cuban emigrants.

As is known, just a few weeks ago, the US administration of Donald Trump imposed new legal obstacles to granting political asylum to emigrants seeking to enter the United States. Added to this is now the silent interruption of interviews for new applications, something that generates despair among the thousands of Cubans waiting for an interview where they can prove their identity. credible fear.

Indeed, for 10 days now, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has not summoned any of the migrants waiting at the Mexican border for their turn to apply for political asylum.

Without a doubt, Cubans are the nationals most affected by this unannounced interruption, as nine out of every 10 Latin American asylum seekers in the United States are islanders.
As expected, many of these Cubans have denounced what they consider an arbitrary decision.

It's desperate, we have to pay rent, we are afraid of being here in Mexico, they send us money, but our families also have needs, he told The Journal from Juárez a Cuban who was waiting in the vicinity of the State Population Council (COESPO).

According to Enrique Valenzuela, head of COESPO, thousands of Cubans are waiting to be interviewed. We estimate that 5,600 numbers are pending, but of these we know that many have already been interviewed through some other means. We estimate that there could be 3,600 or 3,800 people waiting here in the town, he told The Journal.

And he's right, because out of a total of 17 registered people, only 690 migrants have attended the interview conducted by the U.S. to date. The outlook for the remaining 12 could not be more dire.

Yoleksander Tamayo, another 36-year-old Cuban, stated that he has been in Ciudad Juárez for over a month. He is accompanied by his wife, a stepdaughter, and his life partner's aunt. They are all awaiting their interview, which is scheduled for November, no less, so they will have to wait at least another three months in this border enclave.

"I was looking at the sign outside saying they haven't called anyone in about nine days. Since I got here, they've been calling 9 people a day, 10 people a day, and it's been very, very slow. We have to be patient and wait for God to do His work in this case, because we could go crazy, and if we break in there by force, it's a federal crime and would complicate things," Yoleksander said.
Given the interruption of the interviews, this young man has also expressed his fears. Like many other Cubans, he wouldn't be surprised if they were permanently halted or if the scheduled processes were to be extended even further. That's why Tamayo is already looking for any job that will allow him and his family to survive for so many months.
We have to work to support ourselves; thank goodness here they provide us with some of the documents they require in order to work, he explained to The Journal.

Another Cuban, for his part, noted the desperation of all his fellow citizens who are currently waiting on Mexican soil and do not want to obtain a job or any other treatment other than permission to enter the United States: "We don't want to work here, what we want is to go to the United States. They want to give people here jobs that no Mexican wants."