Mexico struggles to slow down migrants as Trump's tariffs loom: the norm

The Washington Post announced that a possible agreement to avoid tariffs would allow the United States to deport asylum seekers from Honduras and El Salvador to Guatemala, which They then move to Mexico, then to the United States.

Ebrard spokesman, Robert Velasco Alvarez, said on Thursday that there was no agreement, as the two parties were very far apart from one another. other, but discussions were continuing.
"The US position is focused on migrant control measures, ours on development," he said, citing Mexico's support for a broader effort to support the economies of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala.
On Thursday, on the southern border of Mexico, visible efforts were made to slow down migrants and hinder their supporters.

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In the state of Chiapas, in the south of the country, AFP journalists have reported an increased presence of police and army on the routes generally used by migrants heading for the country. North. Ebrard confirmed that 6,000 National Guards would be deployed at the border.
Mexico City has frozen the bank accounts of 26 suspected human smugglers suspected of organizing caravans for migrants to the United States.
Two activists from People Without Borders (Pueblo Sin Fronteras), who helped organize migrant caravans, were arrested for offering money to migrants to enter Mexico illegally.
Mexican authorities also blocked 420 migrants in a new caravan, although the group initially had about 1,200 people, many of whom were suspected of fleeing before the immigration agents reported. ; involved.
– The asylum is not the problem –

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Meanwhile, Carla Provost, chief of the US Border Patrol, downplayed the importance of the asylum issue, saying that migrants simply understand that, because of US laws, they will likely arrive with children they are accompanied by children.
She noted that since October, 230,000 children without legal travel documents have crossed the US border, most with families but also tens of thousands unaccompanied by adults.
"The problem is that they do not even have to ask for asylum, they know it," CNN Carla Provost, head of border patrols, told CNN.
"They tell us that they are informed by smugglers, that they hear ads in their own country, that if they come right away and bring a child, they will be released," she said. she declared.
"It's a true affirmation because we can not keep them for more than 20 days if they have a child."

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