Mexico has stopped accepting Central American families who have been displaced U.S at the border, which is a concern for US immigration services, the US newspaper reveals today The Washington Post.
In the context of the emergency caused by the pandemic of coronaviruson March 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced an emergency order that the expedition of migrants to Mexico. The argument is that it was tried to prevent contamination in the Border Patrol’s immigrant detention centers.
The measure has made it possible to expel more than 390,000 migrants to the Mexican side of the border, avoiding normal immigration procedures. Nearly 90% of undocumented migrants who have entered the United States since that date have been sent to Mexico.
But according to the Post, citing five U.S. officials, Mexico is no longer accepting the deported families, prompting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to release more migrant parents and their children into the territory. And raised fears that this would unleash new waves. of unauthorized migration.
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In his article entitled “Mexico has stopped accepting families of Central Americans expelled from the US borderThe Post notes that CBP spokeswoman Stephanie Malin acknowledges an increase in the number of families released after crossing the border.
“CBP has seen a steady increase in border encounters since April 2020, which, exacerbated by restrictions related to the COVID-19 and the guidelines for maintaining social distance have caused some facilities to reach their maximum capacity, ”Malin said in a statement. “Where possible we look for alternatives to detention.”
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The Mexican decision not to accept the expelled Central American families has not been made public.
“Now Mexico only accepts single adults, not families or children,” a US official told the newspaper. The Post explained that the State Department in Mexico did not respond to requests for comment.
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He recalled that in November a reform of the Migration law and the Refugee Act which prevents the detention of migrant minors in migration centers, whether accompanied or not, and forces them to seek alternatives to pay attention to them, a measure lauded by the United Nations.
In the case of the United States border, the change has resulted in families and children being sent to shelters. The Post explained that Mexican immigration authorities have informed their US counterparts that in those cities the migrant families arriving in the United States cannot be returned to Mexico because the capacity of the centers is exceeded.
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