The Mexican government has sent 15,000 troops and National Guard officers to the country’s northern border to help tackle Central American migrants trying to get into the US. Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said they would stop migrants crossing the border and hand them over to Mexican immigration authorities. But he warned that Mexico could not cope with a “massive influx” of migrants. Previous rollouts of the program at two points along the California-Mexico border and at Ciudad Juarez-El Paso on the Texas border began in small numbers and gradually increased. Meanwhile, the US and Mexico have expanded the so-called “remain in Mexico” scheme to make asylum seekers stay in Mexico while their US applications are processed.
The Mexican government has sent 15,000 troops and National Guard officers to the country’s northern border to help tackle Central American migrants trying to get into the US. Defence Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said they would stop migrants crossing the border and hand them over to Mexican immigration authorities. But he warned that Mexico could not cope with a “massive influx” of migrants. Meanwhile, the US and Mexico have expanded the so-called “remain in Mexico” scheme to make asylum seekers stay in Mexico while their US applications are processed.