A Cuban migrant has criticized the dangerous conditions he has endured in Mexico while waiting for an application appointment at CBP One to enter the United States.
Staying in a residence in a town on the border of the state of Coahuila, Leidy Dayanis Gallardo told Telemundo 51 who sleeps in a residence with 20 other migrants of different nationalities, and in dangerous conditions, while he gets an appointment for an interview at the border.
Gallardo, who left Cuba on May 25, did not receive an appointment for three months and while waiting, he only had a hammock and a floor for a bed and no basic means of cooking.
“Here at home there are 21 migrants of different nationalities and they are all waiting for their appointment at CBP One,” he said.
Gallardo began his long journey in Nicaragua and tried to survive the long migration journey that continued to sail.
“Sometimes we cook outside… we have nothing to eat, we are hungry and sleep on the floor,” he said.
Others, like him, will live as long as they can and wait for their chance to enter the United States.
“I haven’t received the appointment yet, I’ve been waiting for three months and I can’t take it anymore,” said the Cuban.
In a significant increase in appointment requests through CBP One, by the end of July more than 188,500 migrants had obtained appointments to appear at US entry points.
In recent days, a new wave of Cubans He arrived at the border town of Tapachula to try from that territory to get an appointment through the application, which created chaos in the Mexican immigration offices.
Official data shows that Cubans are the third nationality that requests the most asylum requests in Mexico, and until the end of August they added. 10,190 processes in Tapachula offices.
