Migrants in Mexico who were hoping to come to the U.S. are adjusting to a new and uncertain reality after President Donald Trump began cracking down on border security

When Dayana Castro heard that the U.S. asylum appointment she waited over a year for was canceled in an instant, she had no doubt: She was heading north any way she could.

By Alek Buttermann US President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies have left thousands of migrants in limbo on Mexico’s southern border. With mass deportations ramping up and the controversial “Remain in Mexico” programme reinstated,

After US President Donald Trump dashed her hopes of gaining asylum in the United States, Arianne Dominguez joined hundreds of other migrants seeking refuge in Mexico instead. "I thought about my family in Cuba who were hoping I could get to the United States.

Migrants in Mexico have found the U.S. asylum process on hold at the start of the new Trump administration. For some, that means retracing their steps back along the migrant trail, a process that can bring immense danger.