Defenders of migrants’ rights say rescues typically don’t involve spraying those being rescued with pepper spray. But such euphemisms have become the language immigration policy and not just in Mexico. “What they’re achieving with this term in a way is disguising the militarization and the repression of immigration at the border,” Prieto said. He said he had instructed Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to make sure the migrants remained safe all the way back to their countries. “Be careful with the security, throughout the assisted returns,” López Obrador said he told him, employing the latest bureaucratic euphemism for deportations.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 23:48 UTC