Donald Trump piñata beaten during rally on US-Mexico border

Migrant rights groups demonstrated this Sunday, January 19 in Tijuana, Mexico, against the anti-immigration measures announced by Donald Trump, inaugurated President of the United States on Tuesday. Gathered near the border wall, protesters expressed their anger by beating with sticks and spanking a piñata bearing Donald Trump’s image to denounce his political plans, including the elimination of the CBP One program which facilitates applications asylum in the United States.

José Maria Garcia Lara, head of the Juventud 2000 migrant reception center, recalls the importance of CBP One, established by Joe Biden. “He was very clear that he wanted the community arriving at the border area to enter in an orderly manner. Biden did it last year. Starting January 12, 2023, he implemented this program (CBP One), which still operates until the last moment of his administration. We want to tell the president-elect that this is what he wanted. Well, he should go all the way.”

“They fear he will try to expel everyone”

This mobilization comes as Donald Trump has pledged to strengthen border controls, toughen the application of immigration laws and launch a massive expulsion operation on his first day as president. “I think a lot of Mexicans or Latin Americans have family in the United States and they fear … that he will try to deport everyone”worries Ramon Hernandez, one of the participants in the rally.

Furthermore, according to a journalist from Fox News in a post on A third executive order would direct the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense to complete construction of the border wall.