López Obrador, a center-left politician who took office in December, is a champion of Mexican migrants in the United States. Authorities have also agreed to a Trump administration request to keep migrants in Mexico as they seek U.S. asylum, a process that can take months or years. That alarms Mexican officials. Mexico continues to respond to the caravans as emergencies, instead of as a lasting change to migration in the region. Trump tweeted Friday that Mexico, “for the first time in decades, is meaningfully apprehending illegals at THEIR Southern Border .

Source: Washington Post April 05, 2019 17:06 UTC