By MARK LORENZANA Agents of Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) accused their superiors on Thursday, June 9, of heading a corruption network to extort migrants. According to the complaint, managers are forcing employees to charge up to $1,000 to facilitate the transit of undocumented passengers. In addition to the complaint are various
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By KELIN DILLON While Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has claimed credit for the record number of remittances flowing into Mexico, representatives of the National Front of Immigrants have criticized the executive for his words, laying blame on AMLO for making Mexico an unattractive place to work. More than $4.54 billion was sent to Mexico from workers in
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Over the course of the last six months, I’ve reported that many of my friends in Mexico have been shocked by their country’s newly founded tolerance of illegal immigration. This goes against the very grain of what I knew of Mexico to be years ago. The Mexico that I remember was brutal — and I mean
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