Mexican president announces plan to provide 40,000 jobs to migrants
Reuters
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is finalizing a deal to provide 40,000 factory jobs to migrants in northern states, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, addressing a key need for the thousands waiting in Mexico as their U.S. asylum cases are decided.
“This agreement is going to be signed, there will be no legal problem,†he said. “We are arranging this so that they can be hired without much processing.â€
Mexico’s border states have been inundated with migrants who must often wait weeks to seek U.S. asylum under a policy known as “metering,†which limits the number who can apply each day. After requesting asylum, thousands have been sent back to Mexico while they wait for their cases to be settled, a process that can take months or years.
The bottleneck shows no signs of easing. Mexico pledged earlier this month to do more to halt the flow of migrants to the United States after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on Mexican exports.
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I wonder if we could entice them, give them a good deal if they cut down the flow of migrant. It sounds like it's working some. It may be the best way to tackle the problem.
