The hypocrisy and cruelty of the US is raging against Venezuelan migrants

It is enough to arrive in the United States to learn that Washington's alleged unlimited support for the Venezuelan people is nothing more than a façade for destabilization aimed at overthrowing the Bolivarian constitutional government and gaining control of the natural resources of the country with the largest reserves in the world. of oil.

Once again, the immigration issue exposes the hypocrisy, disdain for human rights, manipulation and cruelty of the US rulers. It reveals the sadism of the superpower, which undertakes a brutal sabotage against the Venezuelan economy, closing all avenues to that country to provide its population with basic goods and services, and at the same time slams the door on those who leave their country in search of opportunities. work, professional and educational.

It is enough to arrive in the United States to learn that Washington's alleged unlimited support for the Venezuelan people is nothing more than a façade for destabilization aimed at overthrowing the Bolivarian constitutional government and gaining control of the natural resources of the country with the largest reserves in the world. of oil.

The government of “Democrat” Joe Biden abandoned the policy of granting humanitarian parole to Venezuelans entering the United States and began the automatic application of Title 42, a provision established by Donald Trump that allows (in flagrant violation of international legislation on the right to asylum) to expel migrants who enter their territory without documents, under the pretext of combating the spread of (eradicated) covid-19.

Hundreds and hundreds of Venezuelans have been expelled to Mexico in the course of a few hours. Washington announced a new migration plan that contemplates receiving a total of 24,000 Venezuelans who meet strict requirements: apply for entry via the Internet before traveling, arrive by plane, have a contact that guarantees financial support, have a complete vaccination schedule and pass an assessment regarding your biometric and security data.

The plan states that any Venezuelan who enters US territory without meeting these conditions will be expelled. The number of admissions is ridiculous, since in the last year 180,000 arrived in the United States, considering only the crossings through the border with Mexico, says the Mexican newspaper La Jornada.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador considered that the measures established by the United States to grant 24,000 humanitarian visas to Venezuelan migrants constitute a first step, but they are insufficient and said that he will propose to the White House to expand the number of permits: “There are 24,000, They are not enough, but we must begin to demand them and as long as they are granted and they are not enough, I am sure that the United States government will expand them and we would all ask for that”,

If the treatment dispensed by Washington to all migrants from developing nations is deplorable and illegal, the turn against Venezuelans is doubly reprehensible, especially when the US political class denounces the constitutional government of President Nicolás Maduro as an authoritarian, repressive and illegitimate, placing Venezuelans as suitable candidates for humanitarian asylum.

Mexico in the middle

Until last Wednesday, the United States had expelled at least four thousand Venezuelans to Mexico through five border points (Tijuana, Baja California; Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua; Nogales, Sonora; Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and Matamoros, Tamaulipas), the office reported. of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Among the expelled migrants, anger, frustration and sadness abound, as they remember that they left their nation with the certainty that they would be received in the United States, but instead they are humiliated and without any explanation they are returned to the south.

As has happened since it became a transit country for migrants from Latin America, the Caribbean and even from other regions, the new US policy towards Venezuelan nationals places Mexico in a difficult situation, with completely overwhelmed care services and with financial capacities very different from those of the United States.

And it finds it necessary to seek accommodation, provide support and, most likely, shelter indefinitely a large number of asylum seekers, suddenly awakened from the American dream that ended up being another nightmare.

The tension at the station of the National Institute of Migration (INM) in Tijuana, where some 300 Venezuelans rioted on Tuesday night, has been decreasing over the hours, after the Mexican government provided a truck to a group of more than 40 who wanted to return to the south of the country.