Journal #5

Asylum, caravan and Immigration issues in the United States

I will be writing about this topic because there is a lot of miss understanding about asylum and what the government can and can't do. These migrants spent around two months traveling from their home country to the border of Mexico and the United States. There were over 6,000 migrants that they found shelter at the Tijuana sports complex, but after several storms, the complex flooded and they all to be relocated.

Since this caravan began, around 2,010 had turn around and return to their home country due to that the United States has block them from seeking asylum. The good news for them was when former President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto, offered them a program called "You are at home", that will provide them with education and work permits, only around 600 took advantage of that offer. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/faced-with-months-long-wait-in-mexico-some-caravan-migrants-decide-to-go-home/2018/11/28/a62828e8-f32e-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html?utm_term=.1bf90e07823c