Immigration crisis is brewing in the USA: what went wrong

The new Mexican government refused to cooperate with the Trump administration to allow asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are heard in the United States.

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“There is no agreement between the future federal government of Mexico and the United States of America,” the office of the Minister of the Interior, Olga Sánchez Cordero, said in a statement on Saturday.

“The future government does not intend for Mexico to assume the role of a 'safe third country' for Central American migrants or [migrants] from other countries who end up on Mexican territory,” the statement said.

Earlier in the day, the Washington Post announced that the new government of the elected president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, agreed to the Trump scheme, known as “Remain in Mexico”, after it took office on December 1. This scheme would end the practice that Donald Trump condemns as “catch and release” when people were released from custody as their asylum cases progressed.

Zoe Robledo, the new Deputy Minister of the Interior, told Reuters: “We want people leaving their countries because of security or violence problems to find a place to stay in Mexico, if that’s their decision.”

The “Remain in Mexico” plan could potentially prevent asylum-seekers from Central America who are fleeing poverty and domestic violence and transit through Mexico in hopes of entering the United States.

What does Trump's new measure imply?

According to the new administration plan, if a migrant is not particularly afraid of persecution in Mexico, then that is where he will remain. According to the USCIS official, US citizenship and immigration services send teams of officers from offices in San Francisco, Washington and Los Angeles to the ports of entry to the San Diego area to introduce new verification procedures.

“If you have a proven fear of staying in Mexico, you will be allowed to stay in the United States while you are waiting for your hearing in an immigration court. Otherwise, you will stay in Mexico, ”the USCIS memo says.

Mexican border cities are among the most violent in the country, as drug cartels fight for access to smuggling routes to the United States. In the state of Baha-California, which includes Tijuana, the State Department warns that "criminal activity and violence, including murder, are still the main problem throughout the state."

Recall that at least 500 people from the migrant caravan who arrived in the Mexican city of Tijuana, made on Sunday, 25 November, an attempt to storm the barriers on the border of Mexico and the United States.

The US authorities blocked the checkpoint between San Diego and Tijuana, the movement of cars is also blocked in both directions.

For example, it’s not a problem.

7 hours on Sunday. https://t.co/SDqyO8gUOJ pic.twitter.com/jOYFxKiTmX

- ABC News (@ABC) November 26, 2018

Mexico wanted to avoid border closures, as the country sends approximately 80% of its exports to the United States.

López Obrador promised during his election campaign that Mexico “will not do the dirty work of any foreign government,” a reference to Mexico, which annually detains and deports thousands of Central American migrants.

Subsequently, he was mostly silent on this issue, saying only that his government would offer migrants work visas and offer long-term solutions, such as development in Central America, so that people would not have to migrate.

The government of the outgoing president, Enrique Peña Nieto, also offered temporary visas and access to social services to caravan participants, but many preferred to try their luck in the US, where wages are higher, and some have a family with whom they would like to reunite.

There are currently 6000 migrants in the Tijuana area, many of whom camped on the baseball field along the border, seeking to get to the United States. According to Homeland Security estimates, several thousand more go to the city as part of a caravan.

US border officials allowed approximately 60-100 asylum seekers to go to San Isidro every day for processing.

After the first caravan that hit Mexico this fall, the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto offered migrants the opportunity to live and work in Mexico. Most of them refused the offer, wanting to get into the United States.

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