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Lillian Perlmutter in Tapachula

The Venezuelans who left too late: migrants stranded by abrupt Biden policy change

Venezuelan migrants, protest new immigration policies on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on 18 October.
Venezuelan migrants, protest new immigration policies on the banks of the Rio Bravo river, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on 18 October. Photograph: José Luis González/Reuters

The news could not have reached Remira Alarsa at a worse moment.

Since leaving her home in Venezuela last month, the former teacher, her husband and nephew had trekked thousands of miles through seven countries, determined to resettle in the US – only to be robbed of their savings in Guatemala.

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