Mexico Agrees With US on Deporting Migrants Back Home

 There has recently been a rising migrant surge from people crossing the border from Mexico into the United States. The U.S Border Patrol’s top cop explained on Sunday that smugglers, misinformation, and an increase in kidnappings are some of the main causes of this surge of migrants.

In light of this, Mexico has created an agreement with the United States to deport Mexican citizens from the U.S.’s border cities back to their home country. Officials from Mexico met with the US Customs & Border Protection officials on Friday in Juárez, Mexico to discuss the recent spike in illegal crossing into the United States that not only resulted in the stopping of Mexico’s main cargo train system, but also closed the international bridge for a temporary period of time. The migrant crossings have surpassed 8,600 in a 24 hour period this week. This has also resulted in an increase of new consequences in illegal border crossing.

Part of the agreement entails that Mexico will agree to “depressurize” its northern cities that border these Texan cities: El Paso, San Diego, and Eagle Pass. The mayor of El Paso has declared that they are currently at a breaking point, holding 6,500 migrants in custody, and receiving about 2,000 additional migrants per day, surpassing their resources and capacity limits.

However, the top diplomat of Mexico has recently come out and stated that her country is dealing with its own challenges. One day last week, about 11,000 people crossed into the Mexican border from central America. 

In terms of discussion between the U.S & Mexico, Mexico has announced that the President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has the intention of meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington to discuss migration, drugs, & firearm trafficking. Up until this point, Mexico has agreed to take 15 different actions. Mexico will negotiate with Venezuela, Brazil, Nicaragua, Colombia, & Cuba in order to confirm receipt of citizens deported from the US-Mexican border. Mexico has also agreed to take action in preventing migrants from risking their lives when crossing the border. 

It’s important to discuss the nuance and reasoning behind Mexican citizens escaping to the United States. There are reasons such as wanting to escape the violence of cartels, economic opportunities, reuniting with families, and much more. However, there are other reasons such as wanting to increase financial gain in terms of profiting off narcotic sales. 

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/23/us/mexico-us-border-patrol-agreement-migration-surge/index.html