麻豆影视

Skip to main content

Migrants walk north from southern Mexico in protest

Share
TAPACHULA, Mexico -

Some 2,000 migrants, most Venezuelans, walked out of this southern Mexico city early Friday en masse to pressure authorities into allowing them to continue to the United States border at a time attention is focused on immigration.

The latest large public exit of migrants from Tapachula follows the discovery of an abandoned semitrailer in San Antonio with more than 60 migrants inside. Fifty-three of them died in the failed smuggling attempt.

It also comes a day after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Biden administration did not err in ending the controversial Trump-era policy that forced some asylum seekers to wait out their cases in Mexico.

Following other mass movements of migrants from Tapachula last month, the Mexican government quickly negotiated to give them temporary documents.

"One hundred percent we go in honour of the migrants who have died, because we all know that it's no secret for anyone that (the Texas victims) were also fighting for a future like we are," said Jonatan Avila, a migrant from Venezuela who helped organize the others.

Many migrants are no longer tolerating Mexico's strategy of confining them to the south, far from the U.S. border. They complain that the process of regularizing their status -- usually by applying for asylum -- takes too long and with limited work available, they cannot afford to wait.

Dozens of National Guard troops watched them walk without intervening.

Doris Perdomo, another Venezuela migrant, travelling with her two young children, referred to Thursday's Supreme Court ruling and said she had news -- which was false -- that U.S. President Joe Biden would allow all migrants to enter the United States.

"It came out in the news yesterday that Biden gave free passage, that he's not going to return any migrants," said Perdomo, who had been in Tapachula for a month trying to get papers.

The court ruling, however, was expected to have little immediate impact because the Biden administration had seldom applied the so-called Remain in Mexico policy during his presidency.

Another Trump-era policy that remains in effect and was not affected by Thursday's ruling allows the government to quickly expel migrants without a chance to ask for asylum -- casting aside U.S. law and an international treaty -- on grounds of containing the spread of COVID-19. There have been more than 2 million expulsions since the pandemic-era rule, known as Title 42 authority, was introduced in March 2020.

While migrant caravans have garnered media attention, the migrants travelling in them represent a tiny fraction of the migratory flow that carries people to the U.S. border every day, usually with the help of smugglers.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Why brain aging can vary dramatically between people

Researchers are uncovering deeper insights into how the human brain ages and what factors may be tied to healthier cognitive aging, including exercising, avoiding tobacco, speaking a second language or even playing a musical instrument.

The union representing some 1,200 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal has overwhelmingly rejected a deal with their employers association.

A man who was critically injured in a police-involved shooting in Hamilton late Sunday afternoon has died in hospital, says the province鈥檚 police watchdog.

Local Spotlight

For the second year in a row, the 鈥楪ift-a-Family鈥 campaign is hoping to make the holidays happier for children and families in need throughout Barrie.

Some of the most prolific photographers behind CTV Skywatch Pics of the Day use the medium for fun, therapy, and connection.

A young family from Codroy Valley, N.L., is happy to be on land and resting with their newborn daughter, Miley, after an overwhelming, yet exciting experience at sea.

As Connor Nijsse prepared to remove some old drywall during his garage renovation, he feared the worst.

A group of women in Chester, N.S., has been busy on the weekends making quilts 鈥 not for themselves, but for those in need.

A Vancouver artist whose streetside singing led to a chance encounter with one of the world's biggest musicians is encouraging aspiring performers to try their hand at busking.

Ten-thousand hand-knit poppies were taken from the Sanctuary Arts Centre and displayed on the fence surrounding the Dartmouth Cenotaph on Monday.

A Vancouver man is saying goodbye to his nine-to-five and embarking on a road trip from the Canadian Arctic to Antarctica.