Approximately 1.2 million immigrants lived in Mexico in 2020, accounting for 1 percent of the total population. Despite its small share, the immigrant population has grown by 20 percent since 2015
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Ever since the first cross-country railroad from Tapachula on the Guatemalan border to the Juárez at the U.S, border, developing the isthmus into a Panama-type of interoceanic link has been in the plans of numerous Mexican governments
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Some of the migrants were found traversing a highway, while others were seeking shelter in several houses in the area
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According to the Mexican federal government, over 2,000 migrants were kidnapped by smuggling gangs and drug cartels last year
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In March 2020, the Title 42 policy was introduced by former U.S. President Donald Trump. It permitted the swift expulsion of migrants during the covid-19 pandemic
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A lethal fire broke out in Mexico’s National Institute of Migration in Ciudad Juárez, reportedly leaving at least 39 victims dead and another 28 injured in its wake
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It looks as though leftist Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial “hugs, not bullets” policy is not working too well
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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By MARK LORENZANA In March of this year, the government of El Salvador, headed by President Nayib Bukele, declared a state of emergency after police recorded a total of 62 homicides in a single day. It marked the most violent day in 30 years for the Central American country, which has contended with criminal gangs for decades. El Salvador has
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XINHUA A caravan of about 1,000 migrants, the seventh since August, left southeastern Mexico on Tuesday, Aug. 30l for the U.S. border, local media reported. The caravan mainly included men from Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic, as well as hundreds of women and approximately 150 children, said local news reports. If the group meets up with others
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