US Expands Return of Asylum-Seekers to Mexico to New Ports of Entry
March 12, 2019 4:39 PM
The U.S. program to send asylum-seekers back to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court proceedings has been expanded to the Calexico port.
The United States is expanding its program to send asylum-seekers back to Mexico to wait out their U.S. court proceedings and has returned 240 people since starting the program in January, U.S. officials told reporters Tuesday.
The officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said the policy, which was rolled out at the San Ysidro port of entry in San Diego earlier this year, has been expanded to the Calexico port, which is also in Southern California on the U.S.-Mexico border.
In addition, migrants who attempt to cross illegally and then ask for asylum in the U.S. border patrol's San Diego sector will now also be subject to return to Mexico, the officials said.
Mexico's foreign ministry issued a statement confirming the program's expansion to the Calexico port. Mexican officials have been in touch with U.S. immigration authorities about the migrants returning to Mexico, the ministry said.
https://www.alipac.us/f12/us-expands-return-asylum-seekers-mexico-new-ports-entry-370447/
