Mainstream Media Raises Concerns about Impact of Growing Number of Asylum Cases (on Mexico)
By Ira Mehlman September 17, 2019
The flood of migrants and the growing backlog of asylum cases clogging up courts and straining social services has many American media outlets and the chattering class concerned.
Just to be clear, none of that angst is directed toward the overwhelmed American legal system, which has nearly a million backlogged asylum cases pending, or the costs being borne by American taxpayers. But they are very worried about how it is affecting Mexico. Policies implemented by the Trump administration that require current asylum seekers to remain in Mexico while their claims are being considered, and one that requires future migrants to ask for asylum in the first safe country they arrive in, “means Mexico may see a staggering increase in the number of asylum claims, a difficult situation given how many migrants are already straining that country’s asylum system,†reported National Public Radio (NPR).
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/09/17/asylum-migrants-remain-mexico-immigrationreform-com/
