Immigrants “Anguished” by Suspension of Legal Migration, Says Telemundo

MRC Latino | April 23, 2020
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JOSE DÍAZ-BALART: There is anguish within the Latino community, after President Trump's decision to suspend immigration for 60 days. Many believe it is nothing more than a measure to please his followers, but there are immigrants who nervously await the details of the new anti-immigrant measure. Cristina Londoño has the reactions.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: I am pleased to announce that

CRISTINA LONDOÑO: President Trump's suspension of immigration processes has unleashed anxiety and confusion in the immigrant community.

SANDRA MENJIBAR: I worry because I've spent a lot. And for getting my papers, I don't want them taken away from me.

LUIS PAOLI, LAWYER: People are calling, people who have TPS, people who want to renew their work permits...

LONDOÑO: In announcing the measure, the president referred

only to some work-related residency processes, that Luis Paoli says would mostly affect immigrants who are not inside the country.

PRESIDENT TRUMP (Translated): We want to protect workers and as we move forward we will protect them more and more

LONDOÑO: Criticism of Trump won’t stop because all the consulates in the world are closed.

PAOLI: It never rains but it pours for the president. He's saying, ´ok, we're not going to process

these visas´, that are no longer being processed anyway. All of this seems to be a direct message that President Trump is sending to his political base.

MENJIBAR: I´m okay with that. But I know that other things can happen.

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