However, the deal the two neighbors agreed to falls short of some of the dramatic overhauls the US had pushed for. Mexico would “offer jobs, healthcare and education” to those people, the agreement stated. Mexico is taking “decisive action to dismantle human smuggling and trafficking organizations, as well as their illicit financial and transportation networks,” the department said. About 10,000 people have been returned to Mexico to wait out the processing of their immigration cases since the program began on Jan. 29. At the San Ysidro crossing alone, Mexico had been prepared to accept up to 120 asylum seekers per week, but for the first six weeks only 40 people per week were returned.

Source: Taipei Times June 08, 2019 15:56 UTC