Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure
by: MARÍA VERZA and EDGAR H. CLEMENTE, Associated Press
Posted: May 22, 2023 / 01:57 PM CDT
Updated: May 22, 2023 / 01:57 PM CDT
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities.
In the week since Washington dropped pandemic-era restrictions on seeking asylum at its border, U.S. authorities report a dramatic drop in illegal crossing attempts. In Mexico, officials are generally trying to keep migrants south away from that border, a strategy that could reduce crossing temporarily, but experts say is not sustainable.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security reported Friday that in the week since the policy change, Border Patrol averaged 4,000 encounters a day with people crossing between ports of entry. That was down dramatically from the more than 10,000 daily average immediately before.
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/mexico-moving-migrants-away-from-borders-to-relieve-pressure/
