U.S.-bound asylum seekers are not yet being sent back to additional Mexican border towns to await processing after a deal on Friday called for the programme to be immediately extended to the whole border, three Mexican officials said. The text of the deal stated that the expansion of the so-called Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also […]
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Mexico holds off Trump’s fire, but seen vulnerable to new pressure
Mexico avoided the most extreme immigration concession sought by U.S. President Donald Trump in the deal reached to fend off threatened tariffs, but it is left even weaker than before in the face of potential new pressure from Trump as he formally kicks off his reelection campaign this month. Under the deal reached on Friday, […]
Mexico foreign minister says national guard to deploy to southern border
Mexico will deploy its national guard to its southern border with Guatemala, the Mexican foreign minister said on Thursday, as part of the country’s bid to stem Central American migration that has drawn US President Donald Trump’s ire. “We have explained that there are 6,000 men and that they will be deployed there,” Foreign Minister […]
Avengers’ Thor thanks fans for making the film a success
As ‘Avengers – Endgame’, the final chapter from the ‘Avengers’ franchise broke all records globally by raking in $1.2 billion in its first weekend, actor Chris Hemsworth who stars as Thor in the film, thanked fans across the world for making it a success. Chris Hemsworth took to his Instagram on Tuesday to share a […]
Hundreds of migrants in southern Mexico board ‘The Beast’ heading north
Hundreds of migrants hoping to reach the United States boarded a freight train in southern Mexico late on Thursday, frustrated by efforts to slow their progress by the Mexican government, which is under pressure from US President Donald Trump. The risky move to board the train, known as “La Bestia” (The Beast), followed a mass […]
Over 1,000 migrants break out of southern Mexico detention center
More than a thousand migrants broke out of a detention center in southern Mexico on Thursday evening, authorities said, in a fresh sign of how a surge in arrivals has stretched the country’s resources to the limit. More than half of the roughly 1,300 migrants later returned to the Siglo XXI facility in the border […]
Mexico flags US border delays as harmful to both countries
Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday that speeding up the flow of goods on the US border is a matter of urgency and that slowdowns are detrimental to both economies, after bottlenecks have held up trade following a row over migration. Delays along the US-Mexico border began late last month after US border agents were […]
Denials of US immigrant visas skyrocket after rule change
When Arturo Balbino, a Texas construction worker, walked into his visa interview at the American consulate in the northern Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez in March, he wasn’t nervous. He felt good. Balbino, a 33-year-old Mexican national who had entered the United States illegally 14 years ago, thought he had a strong case for […]
Migrants break border gate, force their way into Mexico
Mexican authorities said a group of about 350 migrants broke the locks on a gate at the Guatemalan border Friday and forced their way into southern Mexico to join a larger group of migrants trying to make their way toward the United States. The National Immigration Institute did not identify the nationalities of the migrants, […]
US judge blocks Trump’s ‘remain in Mexico’ asylum policy
A US federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’s policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico to wait out the processing of their cases, saying the Department of Homeland Security had overstepped its authority. The ruling by US District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco marked a rebuke for the Trump administration’s efforts to […]