The US government has proposed to Mexico a new migration plan that would benefit refugees from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and other nations who are in Mexican territory waiting to cross the border into the United States, an official familiar with the bilateral talks told EFE.
According to this official, the program that the US and Mexico are negotiating is aimed at alleviating the immigration pressure that the Mexican government has faced over the past several years.
The official did not specify precisely what would be included in the program or whether, like other initiatives of the Joe Biden administration, it would allow refugees in Mexico to request asylum remotely without having to cross the border and appear in person at one of the US Border Patrol centers.
In any case, the official said, only refugees who have entered Mexican territory prior to June 6, 2023, will be able to take advantage of the program.
The official also did not specify whether a specific number of people of any given nationality will be able to take advantage of the asylum program. However, most of the people who cross into the US from Mexico these days come from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Haiti, El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, according to figures compiled by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Source : Latinas
