Title: Here's how to apply for asylum in Mexico (in the event of a Trump presidency)
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Here's how to apply for asylum in Mexico (in the event of a Trump presidency)
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Here's how to apply for asylum in Mexico (in the event of a Trump presidency)
Rafa Fernandez de Castro
3/08/16 9:37AM
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This image was removed due to legal reasons. The possibility of a Donald Trump presidency could soon have people pricing one-way airline tickets out of the country. Advertisement
According to Mashable, Google searches for “How Do I Move To Canada” spiked after the Republican frontrunner won seven states on Super Tuesday. But Canada won’t get a Trump-brand border wall, so Mexico might be a safer bet for those who really want to get away. Mexico is already home to about 1 million U.S. citizens (mostly retirees), and thousands of other expats from all over the world. It's also home to a growing population of international refugees. Mexico has had a long history as an asylum country. The Aztec nation was a safe haven for thousands of Spaniards fleeing the Franco dictatorship in the 1930s, and became an adoptive country for more than a thousand European Jews escaping the Nazis during WWII. Further back in time, Mexico took in Americans—including U.S. soldiers—who were fleeing the brutal U.S. Civil War. It also gave safe harbor to U.S. citizens accused of being communists during the heady days of Sen. Joseph McCarthy’s infamous witch hunt in the 1940s-50s.