While President Trump regularly berates Mexico for "Doing nothing" to stop illegal migration, behind the scenes the two governments are considering a deal that could drastically curtail the cross-border migration flow.
It would allow U.S. border guards to turn back such asylum seekers at border crossings and quickly return to Mexico anyone who has already entered illegally seeking refuge, regardless of their nationality.
"Mexico is interested [in] addressing the fact that both the United States and Mexico have experienced a significant increase in the number of asylum and refugee requests and that a large number of Central American nationals enter Mexico with the intent to reach the United States," Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Mexico's ambassador to Washington, said in an emailed statement.
Violence has reached record levels in Mexico, and the border states are particularly dangerous, which could put migrants at risk if U.S. authorities began busing Central Americans back into Mexico.
The State Department's travel advisories warn U.S. citizens against visiting parts of Mexico, including the border state of Tamaulipas.
It might seem surprising that Mexico and the United States are in negotiations at all on migration.
Relations between the countries have slumped to their lowest point in years, with the United States threatening to dump the North American Free Trade Agreement and Mexico leading a push recently at the Organization of American States to condemn the Trump administration's family separation practices as "Cruel and inhumane."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-and-mexico-discussing-a-deal-that-could-slash-migration-at-the-border/2018/07/10/34e68f72-7ef2-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cc1091793d0f
It would allow U.S. border guards to turn back such asylum seekers at border crossings and quickly return to Mexico anyone who has already entered illegally seeking refuge, regardless of their nationality.
"Mexico is interested [in] addressing the fact that both the United States and Mexico have experienced a significant increase in the number of asylum and refugee requests and that a large number of Central American nationals enter Mexico with the intent to reach the United States," Gerónimo Gutiérrez, Mexico's ambassador to Washington, said in an emailed statement.
Violence has reached record levels in Mexico, and the border states are particularly dangerous, which could put migrants at risk if U.S. authorities began busing Central Americans back into Mexico.
The State Department's travel advisories warn U.S. citizens against visiting parts of Mexico, including the border state of Tamaulipas.
It might seem surprising that Mexico and the United States are in negotiations at all on migration.
Relations between the countries have slumped to their lowest point in years, with the United States threatening to dump the North American Free Trade Agreement and Mexico leading a push recently at the Organization of American States to condemn the Trump administration's family separation practices as "Cruel and inhumane."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-and-mexico-discussing-a-deal-that-could-slash-migration-at-the-border/2018/07/10/34e68f72-7ef2-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cc1091793d0f
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