China News Service, March 19 (Dong Hanyang) A few days before the inauguration of US President Biden, Honduras' immigrant "caravan" team was assembled.

Starting from the city of San Pedro Sula, thousands of kilometers away from the United States, many people carried their only luggage and set off for the "American Dream."

　　And the possible terminal-Tijuana, the Mexican border city on the border with the United States, is where hundreds of illegal immigrants "set up".

　　People rushed to the U.S.-Mexico border in anticipation of the Biden administration's change of immigration policy, hoping to seek asylum.

But in the end, they discovered that the United States is still the United States. The reality is far less beautiful than imagined...

On March 17, local time, Texas, United States, border law enforcement officers and the families of illegal immigrants who came to seek asylum.

Immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border

The reason is...

　　Since Biden took office, he has successively reversed many of the tough immigration policies of his predecessor Trump.

The new policies include stopping the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall and canceling the policy of compulsory separation of immigrants applying for families.

　　As a result, a large number of Central American immigrants have packed their bags and continuously flocked to the US-Mexico border, forming a new "migration wave."

Perhaps it can be seen from the following two sets of numbers:

Detention of nearly 100,000 illegal immigrants

-In February 2021 alone, law enforcement officers detained nearly 100,000 illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, marking the highest number of months since June 2019.

　　US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Majorcas said in a statement on March 16 that the number of illegal immigrants at the border between the United States and Mexico "reached the highest level in 20 years."

Nearly 3,000 children have been detained for extended periods of time

-As of March 14, more than 4,200 unaccompanied minors have been detained in the short-term detention facility of the US-Mexico Border Patrol.

Nearly 3,000 of them have been detained for more than 72 hours.

　　However, detention centers are only temporary places of detention and are not suitable for the placement of children. The situation of these children is worrisome.

　　The analysis believes that behind the large wave of immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border since the Biden administration came to power, on the one hand, the White House’s immigration policy has made a "swift turn", prompting many illegal immigrants to rekindle their expectations of obtaining legal status in the United States; on the other hand, illegal immigrants. Violence and gang crimes in the "country of origin", natural disasters such as the hurricane at the end of 2020, and the secondary crisis triggered by the new crown epidemic are also reasons for the surge in the number of immigrants during this period.

On January 22, local time, some construction materials were discarded at a border wall construction site in Sunland Park, New Mexico, USA.

On the 20th, U.S. President Biden signed an executive order calling for the cessation of the construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The journey of crisis and fear

The ideal shines into the wound of reality

　　"This is one of the most dangerous journeys in the world," said Figueroa of the Central American Immigration Movement, an immigrant rights protection group.

On their way to the United States, Central American immigrants are often harassed by drug cartels and local criminal gangs. “They have become victims of attacks, extortion, sexual assault, kidnapping, and murder.”

　　Brothers Carlos and Wilfredo from Honduras are two of them.

After receiving news of Biden's inauguration as President of the United States, they chose to travel thousands of kilometers to enter the United States.

However, in Mexico, the two were attacked by armed robbers. Not only were the money robbed, but Wilfredo also had a serious wound on his head.

"We don't know if we will die or where we will go in the end."

　　This road to the "American Dream" is full of thorns.

Even those immigrants who successfully reached the US-Mexico border were mostly turned away. Everything was very different from the new life and new world they had originally imagined.

On March 9th, local time, in Rio Grande, Texas, a young boy was held tightly by his mother with his arms. Mother and son issued a "goodwill invitation."

　　A photo has recently become the focus of major American media publicity.

In the photo, in the withered bushes of Rio Grande, Texas, a little boy was held tightly by his mother's arms. Mother and son issued a "goodwill invitation."

　　However, according to the live video, the truth behind the photo is very cruel.

In fact, law enforcement officers are waving their hands to ask the mother and son to come out of the bushes so that they can be arrested and transferred in handcuffs...

In Rio Grande, Texas, border enforcers asked the families of illegal immigrants hiding in the bushes to come out in order to handcuff them to arrest and transfer them.

　　The human rights filter carefully woven in front of the world by the Western media is vulnerable.

And similar incidents are being staged repeatedly.

Due to the new crown epidemic, the Biden administration has not fully opened the US-Mexico border.

When Damasio from Guatemala arrived at the border cities of the United States with her young daughter, she thought that every family with children could enter the United States.

However, the US Customs and Border Protection detained them and deported them to Mexico.

　　Even more people hope to enter the United States illegally, and "dreams are broken" for a while.

In early March, a serious traffic accident occurred on the US-Mexico border, killing 13 people.

The accident was alleged to be related to illegal cross-border activities. A total of 44 people tried to enter the United States through a gap in the border fence.

　　At the same time, the Biden administration stated that the decision not to expel immigrant children has caused the number of immigrant children in custody to continue to rise.

The US media described it as "In these detention centers, illegal immigrant children are faced with hunger, overcrowding and fear."

Data map: In Tornillo, the border area between the United States and Mexico, there is a "tent city" for immigrant children.

Thousands of immigrant children who had been separated from their parents were placed in this "tent city."

　　Attorneys at the American Youth Law Center, who were allowed to enter a detention center in Texas, recently told CNN that the children in the detention center were very scared and worried that they could not be reunited with their families.

　　"Some children don't see the sun for many days, and some don't take a bath for several days," said Welch, the senior director of the center. "This is quickly becoming a humanitarian crisis."

"A humanitarian tragedy"

Biden shouted: "Don't come"

　　The huge wave of immigration poses severe challenges to the Biden administration.

Many Republicans blamed the emergence of the wave of illegal immigration as a direct consequence of Biden’s promise to provide amnesty for illegal immigrants and “open up” the border during the campaign.

House Republican leader McCarthy also said, "This is not only a crisis, it is a humanitarian tragedy."

　　Trump recently lashed out at Biden, saying that the border policy during his tenure was "victorious" and the US-Mexico border under his supervision was "in good condition."

But at present, the United States is being "destroyed" by a surge of illegal immigration at the border.

　　However, the White House Press Secretary Psaki said, “In the past four years, immigration policies have not only been inhumane, they have also been ineffective.”

Data map: US President Biden.

　　In the face of doubts in the United States, on March 16, Biden responded to the issue of immigration on the southern border, advising immigrants to "do not come (the United States)."

Biden said, "We are repatriating" those who have crossed the border.

　　On the other hand, the immigration system Biden envisions may take months or even years to implement.

The prospects for a consensus between the Democratic and Republican parties are still very bleak.

　　For illegal immigrants who are on the verge of life and death, what do they call home?

For them, whether they continue to endure poverty, violence, and hunger in their own country, or embark on a journey full of unknowns and dangers, it is destined to be an extremely difficult choice.

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