on his own, but when he heard about the government buses from Tapachula he decided to give it a try. Guillén said the document Mexico is issuing now to some migrants in Tuxtla Gutierrez - an expulsion order that gives migrants days or a couple of weeks to leave the country - does not give them other options, making it harder for them to seek international protection.Įdwin Flores of Guatemala had been trying to get to the U.S. One morning this week, several hundred migrants waited on the outskirts of the southern city of Tapachula for government buses that would carry them to Tuxtla Gutierrez some 230 miles north. policy change and Mexico’s efforts to move others to the country’s interior, shelters in northern border cities currently find themselves below capacity. That was down dramatically from the more than 10,000 daily average immediately before.īetween the migrants who rushed to cross the border in the days before 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. 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. authorities report a dramatic drop in illegal crossing attempts. In the week since Washington dropped pandemic-era restrictions on seeking asylum at its border, U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to relieve pressure on its border cities. MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S.
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