Mexico Using ‘Racist Criteria’ to Expel Massive Number of Central American Refugees
by Edwin Mora Mexico has militarized immigration enforcement efforts that primarily target Central Americans fleeing violence in their home countries while refusing to invest in programs to guarantee their safety, various news reports reveal. Asylum-seekers, including women and children, are facing torture at the hands of Mexican authorities, the reports suggest. With the looming Mexican presidential elections on July 1, candidates like the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador — who is expected to win — vows to demilitarize the immigration enforcement, National Public Radio (NPR) reports. In a speech last Tuesday, Obrador declared: After the victory of our movement,...
by Edwin Mora Mexico has militarized immigration enforcement efforts that primarily target Central Americans fleeing violence in their home countries while refusing to invest in programs to guarantee their safety, various news reports reveal. Asylum-seekers, including women and children,...
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