Thanks to President Donald Trump, Mexico is stepping up to help fix the illegal immigration crisis.
Mexico has sent 15,000 troops to its northern border to help stop immigrants from entering the U.S. there, according to Mexican Secretary of Defense Luis Sandoval.
“In the northern part of the country, we have deployed a total of almost 15,000 troops composed of National Guard elements and military units,” Sandoval announced Monday in Cancun.
As a result of President Donald Trump’s recent deal with Mexico, the nation agreed to send troops to its southern border where migrants enter from other countries like Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador earlier this month. Now, they are deploying troops to support security at the U.S. border as well — something they have not done in the past.
Mexico also appealed to the U.N. for help with the border situation.
Mexico Makes Efforts
GOP spokesperson Elizabeth Harrington made the point that Mexico is doing more than the Democrats to solve the border crisis, an irony not lost on anyone.
Mexico continues to do more than the Democrats in Congress to solve the border crisishttps://t.co/AL1TodI8yq
— Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) June 24, 2019
Vice President Mike Pence also noted the contrast, tweeting that Mexico has done more in “10 days” than the Democrats have done in “10 years.”
Mexico has done more to secure our border in 10 days than Democrats in Congress have in 10 YEARS. The time to put Americans first is now, we must act to fix the crisis on the border! pic.twitter.com/rKMyUPCYd3
— Vice President Mike Pence (@VP) June 23, 2019
Trump recently postponed ICE raids in 10 major cities to give Democrats a chance to act on immigration.
I want to give the Democrats every last chance to quickly negotiate simple changes to Asylum and Loopholes. This will fix the Southern Border, together with the help that Mexico is now giving us. Probably won’t happen, but worth a try. Two weeks and big Deportation begins!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2019
Mexican forces are detaining migrants before they can cross the border into the U.S. at Trump’s request. U.S. border detention facilities are at about triple their intended maximum capacity, and concerns about migrant children living in harsh, overcrowded conditions have spurred support for a proposed $4.5 billion humanitarian aid bill in Congress.
“Remain in Mexico” Program
Mexican officials said Monday that the city of Nuevo Laredo on the border would start receiving migrants returned from the United States this week.
Another part of the U.S.-Mexico agreement would expand the “remain in Mexico” program, in which asylum seekers wait on the Mexican side of the border for their claims to make their way through U.S. courts.
150-200 immigrants per day could be sent to Nuevo Laredo beginning on Friday, Fox News reported. 14,000 immigrants have already been returned to Mexico under the program since January.
Mexico stopped just short of agreeing to be a “safe third state” that would accept unlimited numbers of immigrants to apply for asylum in Mexico rather than being allowed to come into the U.S.
While Mexico will not be able to solve the entire border crisis alone, it’s nice to have their help. The increase in attention on immigration seems to have rapidly accelerated the number of migrants trying to claim asylum in the U.S.
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