Haitians Prefer “Mexican Dream” After Difficulty Entering U.S. MonitorExpresso.com

Mexico. – Migrants from Haiti, Honduras and Cuba who work especially in the often low-paid construction and trade sectors are among the 141,000 people who sought refuge in Mexico in 2023. Now, instead of trying to cross into the United States, migrants are opting for the “Mexican dream,” a term formulated by activists to define the decision of thousands of migrants to stay in Mexico in the face of the impossibility of crossing the border. They tried their luck in Mexico because it was the only embassy open in Port-au-Prince to be able to apply for a visa and because, in their opinion, it is “the country that offers an opportunity like no other at the moment.” Migration from the Caribbean country is not new to our country, since in September 2021, after the deadly earthquake that Haiti experienced, thousands of migrants arrived in Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, hoping to cross into the United States, with dramatic scenes of U.S. agents chasing them on horseback. Haitian communities have been documented in Tijuana, Baja California and Tapachula, Chiapas, where thousands of migrants are concentrated seeking permits to transit through Mexico to the United States.

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