The Post spoke to recently arrived migrants in El Paso to hear their stories.
Migrants cross the Rio Grande river into the El Paso from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to request asylum on Sunday, December 18.Antonio López Cruz left his home in Nicaragua on Nov. 24 after he was jailed and tortured for attending a protest against they country’s dictatorship.
“They stopped us several times. The first time was when one of them jumped in the bus we were riding on and said: ‘You know what’s next if you don’t cooperate.’”“We didn’t know what happened to them,” he said. “We had to reach for the little money we had and pay the extortion. They threatened us with deportation if we didn’t.”
“Some of the officers told us we didn’t have any right to ask for water or food because we were inferior,” he said “…That we should keep quiet or would be deported back to Nicaragua.” The couple saved for plane tickets, and flew to Cancun before boarding a bus to Cuidad Juárez, which borders El Paso. They crossed the Rio Grande into the US in August. His journey to the border was relatively smooth and safe compared to many people, he said.
Migrants walk towards a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing station after crossing the U.S-Mexico border at the Rio Grande river from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday, December 19, 2022.Then, the couple was suddenly told they were going back to Colombia and were put on a plane.
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