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Mexico offers plan to keep U.S.-bound migrants in Mexico

By Delphine Schrank

 

Honduran migrants, en route to the United States, look towards the Suchiate River as they wait to regroup with more migrants, in Tecun Uman, Mexico October 26, 2018. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

 

PIJIJIAPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico on Friday offered temporary identification papers and jobs to migrants who register for asylum in the country, stepping up efforts to halt the advance of a U.S.-bound Central American caravan that has angered Washington.

 

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border and cut aid to Central America to try to stop the caravan of several thousand people. U.S. officials have said that up to 1,000 troops may be sent to the U.S. southern border to prevent the migrants from crossing.

 

Making reference to the caravan, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said that migrants wishing to obtain temporary identification documents, jobs or education for their children could do so by registering for asylum in southern Mexico.

 

"This plan is only for those who comply with Mexican laws, and it's a first step towards a permanent solution for those who are granted refugee status in Mexico," Pena Nieto said in a pre-recorded address broadcast on Friday afternoon.

 

To qualify for the scheme he called "Estas en Tu Casa" ('Make Yourself at Home') migrants had to be in the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Pena Nieto said.

 

Temporary work in the states would be extended so as also to benefit Mexicans, said Pena Nieto, who leaves office on Nov. 30.

 

The caravan, which is moving through Chiapas on the border of Guatemala, has enabled Trump to campaign hard on illegal immigration ahead of midterm congressional elections on Nov. 6, in which Republicans are battling to keep control of Congress.

 

Mexican officials have said those migrants who do not qualify for refugee status are liable to be deported.

 

Mexico's government has said that more than 1,700 people in the convoy have registered for asylum, while others have returned home. Estimates on the size of the group vary.

 

Alden Rivera, the Honduran ambassador to Mexico, told Mexican radio on Friday that the caravan could reach Mexico City by next Friday. He put an "official" headcount at 3,500, estimating that at least two-thirds of them were Hondurans.

 

The caravan set off in Honduras nearly two weeks ago, and has picked up other Central Americans en route.

 

Alexander Fernandez, a Honduran travelling in the caravan, said people began leaving the town of Pijijiapan at about 3 a.m. to head for Arriaga, a town in the west of Chiapas.

 

A banner hanging over a bridge on the migrants' path read: "Your hearts are brave, don't give up."

 

Tens of thousands of Central Americans set off for the United States every year, looking to escape violence and poverty.

Hondurans, Guatemalans and Salvadorans make up the bulk of illegal immigrants apprehended at the U.S. border.

 

On Thursday night, thousands of people took refuge under small tents or teepees made from garbage bags in Pijijiapan's town square. Many people rushed to a nearby river in the afternoon to wash off the sweat of travel and extreme heat.

 

A White House official said on Thursday that "a wide range of administrative, legal and legislative options" were being considered regarding the migrants.

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-10-27

[Thailand]

Smart move by Mexico, get some good cheap grateful labor in areas that they need it. The genuine workers and families get legal.

Trump continues to look like the cretin he is.

[Tug]

Building bridges instead of walls kudos Mexico 

[Srikcir]

Mexico to Trump - pay us $25 billion.

Just consider the Mexican government as your Wall.

[Brunolem]

The Mexican cartels need mules to ship their dope to the US, and they have already killed all the Mexican mules, so now they need to rely on imports...

[Mikeasq60]

7 hours ago, Thailand said:

Smart move by Mexico, get some good cheap grateful labor in areas that they need it. The genuine workers and families get legal.

Trump continues to look like the cretin he is.

Cretin my ass, he's a million times better than the last we've had dem or republican 

[Longcut]

8 hours ago, Thailand said:

Smart move by Mexico, get some good cheap grateful labor in areas that they need it. The genuine workers and families get legal.

Trump continues to look like the cretin he is.

Why don't you bring them all home and feed them? That's what you are telling others to do. Or are you just being a hypocrite? 

[observer90210]

The hard core criminal gangs in the US - Mexican region will have some fine new fresh recruits. Furthremore, nothing is going to prevent those allegedly staying in Mexico, to cross across into the USA to do their "shopping".

[brianp0803]

I think most the people suggesting America open its borders and support all the people crossing are the same people saying to lower their taxes and tax other people to pay for it

 

i don’t believe Mexico is offering to help the refugees at any expense to itself. I think the conditions are they work hard and contribute to the Mexican economy. I woner if Trump is putting pressure on Mexico to do this? Maybe Mexico is afraid America will stop accepting all the caravans of illegal immigrants and they will remain in Mexico in border towns

[mcambl61]

9 hours ago, Thailand said:

Trump continues to look like the cretin he is

why, because he thinks a proper border and sovereignty is essential for a country's survival?

 

[Brunolem]

13 minutes ago, brianp0803 said:

 I woner if Trump is putting pressure on Mexico to do this? 

Or maybe Trump is offering the Mexicans a discount on the beautiful wall (that they have to pay), in exchange for keeping the migrants...the art of the deal!

[mcambl61]

4 hours ago, Tug said:

Building bridges instead of walls kudos Mexico 

how cute. Ignorant and unrealistic, but cute

[Brunolem]

9 hours ago, Thailand said:

 

Trump continues to look like the cretin he is.

As Q (John Cleese) said:

 

"better be smarter than you look, rather than look smarter than you are!"

[Brunolem]

Here is the latest:

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-unicef-highlights-perils-children-caravan-105237716.html

 

The migrants have rejected Mexico's offer and want to head North.

 

So why not let them head North all the way to Canada and even beyond?

 

With the Arctic passage opening, there's gonna be plenty of jobs in the shipping industry over there...

 

[Scott]

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[bristolboy]

21 hours ago, Brunolem said:

The Mexican cartels need mules to ship their dope to the US, and they have already killed all the Mexican mules, so now they need to rely on imports...

News from the Department-of-Making-Transparently-False-and-Absurd-Things-Up.

[Brunolem]

2 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

News from the Department-of-Making-Transparently-False-and-Absurd-Things-Up.

Yes and no...

While it is obviously impossible to say how many migrants may engage in illegal activities, it has been shown again and again that a significant number do so...hence the Russian and Albanian mafias, or the Mexican and Puerto Rican gangs, among plenty of others.

 

And Europe, notably Germany and Sweden, has now to cope with its recent welcoming policies and the associated explosion in criminal activities.

 

That is not to say that immigrants are criminals in general, but that it would be naive to think that they are no (potential) criminals among them...

[bristolboy]

12 minutes ago, Brunolem said:

Yes and no...

While it is obviously impossible to say how many migrants may engage in illegal activities, it has been shown again and again that a significant number do so...hence the Russian and Albanian mafias, or the Mexican and Puerto Rican gangs, among plenty of others.

 

And Europe, notably Germany and Sweden, has now to cope with its recent welcoming policies and the associated explosion in criminal activities.

 

That is not to say that immigrants are criminals in general, but that it would be naive to think that they are no (potential) criminals among them...

It would be naive to think that there are no criminals among any identifiable population subset (except of course the subset of non-criminals.,) including police officers. The salient concern should be percentage of such.

[Srikcir]

3 minutes ago, bristolboy said:

It would be naive to think that there are no criminals among any identifiable population subset (except of course the subset of non-criminals.,) including police officers. The salient concern should be percentage of such.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/30/upshot/crime-immigration-myth.html