They followed the rules to enter the US. Now Trump wants to deport them
Fleeing the regime in Venezuela, a couple scored one of the few appointments to apply for asylum via the CBP One app but the president-elect has warned: ‘Get ready to leave’
Jorge Luis Jiménez and his wife did exactly what the US government asked of them when they spent months trying over and over again to get an appointment to cross the border, after risking everything to flee Venezuela.
Now they may be easy targets in Donald Trump’s anti-immigration crackdown – despite living and working legally in the US.
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