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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal in San Antonio, Texas, and Nina Lakhani in Sonoyta, Mexico

They followed the rules to enter the US. Now Trump wants to deport them

People await US immigration appointments through the CBP One app at a shelter near the Arizona-Mexico border in January
People await US immigration appointments through the CBP One app at a shelter near the Arizona-Mexico border in January Photograph: Thalia Juarez/The Guardian

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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