Bewildered, sad and disappointed, Brazilians migrants sent from the United State...
CIUDAD JUAREZ - Bewildered, sad and disappointed, Brazilians migrants sent from the United States to Mexico this week were left wondering how they had ended up in another country whose language they do not understand.
It is one of several moves by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump aimed at reducing the number of people seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. Since the program began a year ago, more than 57,000 non-Mexican migrants have been returned to Mexico. Ten Brazilian migrants were sent to Mexico under MPP on Wednesday, according to Enrique Valenzuela, who heads the civil protection services in Chihuahua state. The program was previously limited to Spanish speakers.
She was getting death threats because of her inability to pay her debt, she said, and that she had no job. “They said since we don’t want to go back to Brazil, because we’re being threatened, then we have to return to Mexico,” she said.
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