Mexico Sent Guard to South Border Before Migration Change – By Maya Averbuch (Bloomberg) / May 11, 2023
(Bloomberg) — Mexico has deployed additional security forces to its southern border with Guatemala ahead of the expiration of a pandemic-era policy that facilitated the US expulsion of migrants to Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.
The US is expecting an increase in the number of people seeking to enter the country as the policy ends Thursday, despite enforcing measures to continue restricting border crossings, including by requiring migrants compete online for limited appointments or seek asylum in other countries first. AMLO, as the president is known, vowed to support US President Joe Biden’s efforts.
“We’re helping with everything, cooperating with the government of the United States, so that there’s no chaos and certainly no violence on the border,” he said at a press briefing Thursday. “People should not run the risk of crossing our country, especially because of the transportation, which is risky and inhumane.”
