Emma is a young Cuban who has been at the Progreso International Bridge for more than 50 days waiting for her turn to be called by the United States immigration authorities.
"All the other bridges are full. This is the one with the fewest people," he told reporters fromBorder Report.
It arrived on May 28 and already has number 7 on the list, but before that Emma was on a bridge in Nuevo Laredo for two months and couldn't even get a number. Then he went to the Matamoros bridge and became number 1374.
The young woman, a native of Camagüey, travels with her husband Leostan Valdez, 25 years old. She worked in a hotel and claims that she left Cuba because the Government is very corrupt.
The Cubans who are on the Progreso International Bridge say that many Central Americans cross the bridge running but that they have preferred to wait.
“We want to cross the right way. We have many relatives in Cuba who also want to emigrate and if we cross illegally, they will not have any opportunity,” he explains.
When the couple arrived at that bridge there were more than 100 Cubans. Now there are only 9 left. However, several people consulted by the aforementioned media said that “once Emma's group is called, if they are called, no one else will be allowed to take their place.”
Donald Trump's government has significantly restricted the number of asylum applications. The new system implemented on Mexico's international bridges only allows two to five migrants to pass through per day, which has caused a massive delay.
According to migrants, there is a lot of corruption and discrimination on the part of the Mexican immigration officials who oversee the system. "Preferential treatment is given to those who can pay more," they point out.
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