The Trump administration hopes that fewer migrants will come if they know they’ll have to wait in Mexico. Asylum seekers – and the Mexican border cities that host them – face a large and growing backlog of cases in US immigration courts. “We don’t know how to guide the migrants because we are in the same situation as the migrants. Guidelines for agents in San Diego say the policy should target Spanish speakers and migrants from Latin America, but exempt Mexicans and children traveling alone. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement buses then take them to the San Diego courtroom.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 22:52 UTC