She, her husband and five children returned to their country in South America in March.
Pandemim Covid-19 migrants have paid migrants to the United States
More than 7.7 million Venezuelan has immigrated since 2013, when the oil -dependent economy collapsed in their country. Most of them settled in Latin America and the Caribbean Sea, but after the Covid-19s, immigrants saw the United States the best opportunity to improve their living conditions.
Many Venezuelan entered the United States according to the programs that allowed them to obtain work permits and protect them from deportation. But since January, the White House has ended the protection of migrants and has sought strongly to deport them because US President Donald Trump has fulfilled his promise with his campaign to reduce immigration to the United States
Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro has long refused to restore the deported Venezuelan, but he changed the path earlier this year under pressure from the White House. Migrants are now regularly arrived at the airport outside the capital, Caracas, on the flights run by either an American government contractor or state -owned airline in Venezuela.
The United States government defended its bold moves, including sending more than 200 Venezuelan to a prison in El Salvador for a period of four months, on the pretext that many immigrants belong to the violent Trine de Aragua Street gang. The administration did not provide evidence to support the accusation of the blanket. However, many of the recently deported immigrants said that the American authorities had been wrongly ruled and used it as an excuse to deport them.
Maduro announced “the state of economic emergency”
Many returnees to the homeland, such as Perez and her family, find more harsh living conditions than they were when they left as a currency crisis, three -numbers and huge wage inflation made food and other inevitable necessities, not to mention the car, the house and the electronics that they sold before the deportation. The minimum monthly wage of 130 bolivar, or $ 1.02 as of Monday, has not increased in Venezuela since 2022. People usually have jobs or three jobs or more to collect funds.
This last chapter in the 12 -year crisis led Maduro to declare an “economic emergency” in April.
David Rodriguez migrated twice to Colombia and Peru before deciding to try to reach the United States, he left Venezuela last year, across the treacherous gap in Darren on foot, made it throughout Central America and walked, jumped into a train and took buses throughout Mexico. Then he surrendered to the US immigration authorities in December, but he was arrested for 15 days and was deported to Mexico.
After being imprisoned, Rodriguez, 33, worked as a motorcycle driver in Mexico City until he fled enough money to buy his aircraft ticket to Venezuela in March.
“Going to the United States was … a complete setback,” he said, sitting at a relative in Caracas. “Now, I do not know what to do but get out of the debt first.”
It should pay $ 50 a week for a motorcycle bought to work as a mottaxi driver. He said that in a good week, he can earn $ 150, but there are others when he only does enough to meet the payment of $ 50.
Immigrants are looking for sharks
Some of the immigrants registered in beauty and pastries schools or have become drivers to deliver food after their deportation. Others have already immigrated to Spain. Many sharks sought.
Perez’s son -in -law, who also made aluminum cooking tools before deportation last year, is allowed to use the oven and other equipment he left at his home in Maracapo so that the family can earn a living. But most of its profits go to cover the monthly interest fees by 40 % of a loan of $ 1,000.
If the debt is not enough, Perez should worry about the exact reason that prompted it to move away: extortion.
Perez said that she and her family escaped from Maracapo after she spent several hours in the police in June 2024 for refusing to pay a $ 1,000 officer. Perez said that the officer knocked her door and demanded the money in exchange for allowing her to operate her non -deadly work in her back courtyard.
She said that the officers followed her upon her return and demanded money.
“I am working to earn a livelihood from day to day … last week, some guards came.” See, you should support me. ”Perez said she was said to her in early July.
“So, if I don’t give them any (money), others also appear. I have transferred it $ 5. it must be more than $ 5 because otherwise, they will fight you.”