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"I am both a mother and a father," said Rubain España . ".
At the age of 25, he was a single father, holding two children on the Mexican side of the bridge to America Internationalyear-
Son Dylan fabrisio
It took two years. and-a-
Travel from Honduras to Mexico on a half-month walk and hike.
They have been sleeping on a square piece of cardboard on the side of the bridge, with about a hundred Honduras, Cuban and Venezuelan waiting to enter the United States. S.
Apply for asylum.
Two children slept on the passage to the international bridge of America, waiting for their request for asylum.
Immigrants often wait a few days on the bridge to talk to American citizens. S.
Police officer on their case.
President España heard about President Trump's separation policy while traveling.
"I was scared, but I had to take the risk," he explained . ".
Imagine, after I struggle and suffer for it, if I am separated from my children.
But most of us take the risk because we have no choice.
He said that even if they separated him from his son, he preferred the prison in the United States rather than being deported to Honduras and would most likely die.
His gambling is not alone.
Espania is one of thousands of people who came to the United States. S.
The border is about 50,000 kilometers per month, seeking security and success at the most recent border in 2018.
Although these figures are similar to those of 2016, asylum seekers report that officials are slow to respond, claiming that only five to ten people are seen every day in some places, including the gates to the Inter-American Bridge.
The delay means people like España have slept on the bridge for a few nights, waiting for their turn.
Fears of the Trump administration's recent policies have exacerbated this crawling process, especially when families decide to separate their children from their parents once they reach the border.
In recent months, 2,342 children have been separated from 2,206 parents who have crossed the United States.
This policy has drawn criticism from citizens and politicians in many political fields, and the growing crisis has been at the forefront of the global migration dialogue.
Despite the separation policy, parents, including single fathers like Espania, are lining up to arrive in the United States. S. border.
Young people holding babies are scattered among the long queues on the bridge hoping to immigrate.
Alfredo Hernández is waiting with his two. year-
Old son, Axel Alfredo. Erik, a 25-year-
The old man from Honduras, holding one of his --year-
The old daughter Melanie said we left five months ago.
We came by bus, walking, the cheapest.
Daniel Rios and his nine children. month-
The old son Dennis said in tears that we want them to have mercy on us and hope that they will not separate us from our children.
The only thing I have is him. The only thing he has is me.
What happens if they separate me from him?
It will be worse.
I ran away to be with my family.
Four men relax in the living room of Casa del migrfrondigna, a sanctuary to help migrants before crossing the border into the United StatesS.
Founder Jose©Guadalupe Wald©S. Alvarado said, "We are trying to do what we can, that's all, to help immigrants feel safe at Piedras Negras.
"Luis de Ruiz and his son Luis Fernando Ruiz sit on their bed at the former Terra DiGa House.
They left Honduras to escape violence that had taken away three family members and wanted to find asylum in the United StatesS.
Valdai©S. Alvarado, founder of the shelter, worried that the couple would be separated once they crossed the border, said, "It's heartbreaking.
Imagine the trauma of a child who has believed that he will not see them again the day before when he was with his parents.
"On the side of the passage to the international bridge of America, immigrants lined up to apply for asylum.
On the other hand AmericanS.
The police guarded the border and called the person opposite to make an appointment.
Under the Bridge, Venezuelan college student Omar garillo, his cousin Archie Delgado, sat down with Delgado's wife estevani Sanchez for fried chicken.
In Venezuela, three students took part in a fight.
The government movement of their university.
In the two years they protested against the government, they saw their classmates killed by tears.
The petrol bomb was run over by the car and hit half dead.
They hid in classrooms and bathrooms on campus and declared it a war zone.
The students talked about the lack of electricity, food, water, sanitary napkins and medicines in Venezuela.
Garillo pointed to his food and said the chicken was worth more than four months of work.
He took out a stack of Venezuelan money, declared it worthless, and gave it to him as a gift.
Tell you this, we will be at risk if the United States does not want to provide us with protection, and I will never return to Venezuela.
I can't go back any more because if I go back they will put me in jail.
The fear of being denied entry is not unfounded.
If asylum seekers on the bridge do not succeed, they may end up being deported, which is a fate, with a large number of people returning every day to the Mexican state of Nuevo Laredo.
A man sits on the edge of the Rio Grande River, and migrants sometimes swim across the river into the United States. S.
One of the young men pointed to the cursive tattoo on his neck.
Jose Antonio Gonzalez says these are the names of my daughters Blanca Daniela and Lucy Liliana.
Gonzalez, a construction worker from Guanajuato, Mexico, hopes to find a job in the United States. S.
Send money home to his wife and children
After swimming through Rio Bravo, he entered the mountains of the United States. S.
There, he lasted three days without water and was then caught and sent to the detention center.
The tattoo is almost printed on every inch of the skin on his arm: dark, tangled lines of eyes and the crown of flowers on one side, and the shadow form of death on the other side, and the "Vida loka" on the wrist ".
Gonzalez's tattoo was driven out of his home and land by poverty and violence, a physical memory, a way of carrying the life he left behind.
The International Bridge connects the Eagle Pass in Texas with Piedras Negras in Mexico.
Estefany Sanchez and her husband, Yackney Delgado, and his cousin, Omar Garillo, sit on the passage to the international bridge of America, waiting for asylum in the United States. S.
The three men are an-
The Venezuelan government movement protested the country's lack of electricity, water, food and medicine.
Garillo explained the dangers of their political behavior: "Protest is a lottery ticket.
You don't know if you will come back alive.
"He arrived at the tamalipas Immigration Institute in New Laredo, a center dedicated to helping people who were deported, and 25 men who were deported, when the temperature had reached more than 100 degrees, all the people sweat in one morning.
Jose Martin Carmona Flores, founder and director of the Institute, welcomed these people and told them that you are here because you are more skilled, smarter, savvy and resistant
All these qualities are necessary for victory and success in the family, in the family and in society.
Camona Flores told them the lessons they learned from crossing the border, working and trying to send money home, which could apply to a new successful life in Mexico.
After answering the immigration question, he returned to the office.
There, he explains, they have to value themselves and don't think they have beaten here. Why?
Because a lot of people are dead, the body is there to prove this.
But they live and become stronger and more resistant and they should be aware of their abilities and if they can do that at home they are our next leaders and ours
See people like Gonzalez cross Rio Bravo and enter the United StatesS.
Illegal, a person only needs to go to the river in New Laredo on Sunday afternoon, local families will swim in blue clothesgreen waters.
During the heat at noon, when the Border Patrol changed guard, a group of eight young men crossed the river with a pile of black plastic bags in their hands and kicked wildly.
They slipped into the muddy America. S.
The bank in underwear, took out the clothes from the black bag, put on the clothes and disappeared into the bushes.
At sunrise, light reflects from Rio Grande, the natural border between Mexico and the United States.
It is not uncommon for immigrants to swim across the river into the United States. S.
Avoid violence or economic disasters in their home country.
Crossing into the United States. S.
For men and women who choose this route, this is just the beginning of the obstacle.
Due to the lack of documentation, some people are at greater risk of exploitation or abuse.
Sister Rosemary wilsh is a tall and strong woman with short stature.
At Casa de Misericordia, a domestic violence shelter in Laredo, Texas, her job is to protect people in this unsafe situation.
In the 20 years it has existed, the shelter has never left anyone, and most of the people who serve today have no certificates.
To meet their needs, the organization coordinates its work with other cities and state agencies.
The Welsh have no language in discussing what she thinks the Trump administration is doing to immigrate.
She volunteered at the detention center and witnessed the impact of the new family separation policy.
She has recently been comforting parents who are separated from their children, who do not know where they are or when they will be reunited.
She was frustrated with the practice and mentioned the president, who asked what he thought about the immigrant population?
Nevertheless, she understood the importance of cooperation.
"We have been working closely with ICE and the Border Patrol," she said . ".
You can't fight these people.
Soleda Casas stayed in the shelter for two weeks in 2000 and has been a volunteer since then.
She stood in a storage room full of clothes, serving those who had nothing, talking about her children aged 18, 15, 13 and 10.
Casas did not have a certificate when experiencing domestic violence.
She said that for fear of being deported without children, she spent too much time in the relationship.
The goal of Casa de Misericordia is to provide a way out for women in the casas Marina environment and to build a support system to build a safer and more stable life.
At about 125 miles north of pedráñegas, Mexico, Father Jose Guadalupe Valdez Alvarado is with the immigrant community he serves in the sanctuary he directs
Early in the morning, he prayed with a group of people on the plates of eggs, beans and tortillas.
After the prayer, when these people eat, he returns to the community kitchen to help the volunteers clean up.
He said that in view of the Trump administration's immigration policy, his current main goal is to help reunite children separated from their parents at the border.
He described a Guatemala father who had recently helped him.
Deported without a son. S.
His father is on his way back to the border to find his children.
Most of the migrants who arrived at the shelter had heard of the separation policy, but they did not believe it would happen to them.
They believe they will realize the American dream, he said.
They always bring illusions and dreams. that's their hope, right?
Nor will we deprive hope.
Hope sometimes becomes fear once immigrants enter the United StatesS.
Many undocumented immigrants who have lived and worked on the border for decades tend to worry that they will be targeted by law enforcement.
While Texas is known for SB4, a law that allows local officials to enforce federal immigration regulations on behalf of the requested federal agency, Texas ACLU said, the law forces local governments and law enforcement agencies to do the work of federal immigration officials, and not all law enforcement officials believe in these policies.
On the border of Piedras Negras in Eagle Pass town, Texas, sheriff s's department is not convinced that asking immigrants on the street for their documents will achieve their goal of enhancing security.
Sheriff Tom Schmerber is sitting behind his desk.
Brimmed cowboy hat, the American and Texas flags next to his workspace and a frame AR-15 on the wall.
Before becoming a sheriff, Schmerber was a teacher and then a 26-year Border Patrol agent.
Speaking of the Border Patrol, he said, we are their eyes, but we are not interested in the immigration status of people walking down the street.
Sheriff Schmerber walked up and down the prison connected to the police station and talked about the recent national immigration method.
He disagreed with the Trump administration's policy of separating parents from children at the border.
It's causing heartache, he says, parents are somewhere, their children are somewhere, and it's hard to find children.
How will they find these children?
How will they get them together?
As for the border wall, he said that the ranchers, the landowners, and those who like to swim and fish in the river are against it because it will separate the border city from Pedras neglass, in Mexico, many people have families because this is not effective in improving safety.
With his eyes down, his voice down, his sympathy for the immigrants, they were desperate.
People are desperate. We are here.
We got it done. We have a life.
Sometimes, we forget about life more severely.
The International Women's Media Foundation supported the project.