On Saturday, at the busiest crossing point along Mexico’s porous southern border with Guatemala, evidence of Mexico’s promised crackdown on waves of new arrivals trying to reach the United States was nowhere to be seen. Within sight of a bridge connecting Mexico to Guatemala, a fleet of about 16 rafts carried migrants hoping to escape […]
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Hopes dim for C. American migrants at Mexico’s southern border
A graffiti mural welcomes Central Americans who cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala to Mexico: a roaring jaguar protecting a group of trekking migrants, beneath the words: “May nothing on Earth stop us.” But the real-life migrants being deported across the border in the other direction are a testament to the fact that, under growing […]
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 […]
Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border
Tensions are rising, fingers are pointing and the search for solutions is becoming increasingly fraught. Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something – anything – to stem the tide. Trump, who campaigned on a promise to secure the border, has […]