Two flights carrying 394 deported migrants landed on Friday (Nov 8) in Guatemala City.
The deportees, primarily detained at the U.S.-Mexico border while attempting to enter the United States, were processed by the Guatemalan Migration Institute, who also assisted them in returning to their original communities.
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The deportees, primarily detained at the U.S.-Mexico border while attempting to enter the United States, were processed by the Guatemalan Migration Institute, who also assisted them in returning to their original communities.
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00:00Two flights carrying 394 deported migrants landed on Friday in Guatemala City.
00:09Guatemala's immigration authorities said the deportees, primarily detained at the U.S.-Mexico
00:14border while attempting to enter the United States, were processed by the Guatemalan Migration
00:20Institute who also assisted them in returning to their original communities.
00:25While awaiting registration, the migrants expressed hope that U.S. President-elect Donald
00:30Trump would provide them with the opportunity to return to the United States on temporary
00:36work visas.
00:38Every year, thousands of Latin American migrants enter Mexico irregularly in an attempt to
00:44reach the United States in search of better living conditions.
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