Mexico's tactic to cut immigration to the US: grind migrants down
Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to he U.S. They're wearing them out until they give up
By Megan Janetsky And FÉLix MÁRquez
Published - Jun 11, 2024, 03:02 PM ET
Last Updated - Jun 11, 2024, 03:02 PM EDT
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP) — “Here, again.”
Yeneska García’s face crumbled as she said it, and she pressed her head into her hands.
Since fleeing crisis in Venezuela in January, the 23-year-old had trekked through the Darien Gap jungle dividing Colombia and Panama, narrowly survived being kidnapped by a Mexican cartel and waited months for an asylum appointment with the United States that never came. She finally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in May, only to have American authorities expel her.
Now she was back in southern Mexico, after Mexican immigration bused her to sweltering Villahermosa and dropped her on the street.
