Fearful of returning to their home countries and unable to continue north, many asylum seekers now face eviction as Mexico starts to demolish the camps set up to house them
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he road to the “nation of immigrants” has radically changed course over the past months for those hoping for a new life in the United States. A series of executive orders by the US president, Donald Trump, has drastically shifted migration across the Americas.
In the early morning in Mexico City, people living at Vallejo informal migrant camp get ready for the day. It is one of the last of six camps formed to house growing numbers of people arriving mostly from Venezuela and Honduras after changes to US legislation in 2022. Other camps were recently dismantled
Asylum seekers were once able to reach the US from Mexico and be allowed to make their case before a judge. Now, many have found themselves stuck in Mexican cities, fearful of returning to their home countries and unable to continue north.
