Rebuilding Bilateral Trust to Fight Cross-Border Crime
By EARL ANTHONY WAYNE, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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Yet Another Migrant Caravan Heads North to US
XINHUA A new caravan of about 500 migrants from Central and South American countries set off Monday, Aug. 22, from Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas with the aim of reaching the United States, local media reported. The caravan departed from Miguel Hidalgo Central Park in the city of Tapachula on the border with Guatemala, where many migrants have been stranded
Read moreMassive Caravan Disbands after Mexico Grants Temporary Visas
XINHUA The massive caravan that began to pass through the Mexican state of Chiapas on Monday, June 6, with the aim of reaching the United States disbanded Saturday, June 11, after Mexican officials offered temporary visas to the migrants. The caravan, the largest so far this year, left the city of Tapachula, on the border with Guatemala, with more than
Read moreUS Border Town Braces for More Migrants as Partisan Fights Rage on
XINHUA HIDALGO, Texas — It’s a scene straight out of a “Mission: Impossible” episode: A helicopter hovers at low altitude above a roadside jungle while several officers search on foot along the bush edges with a dozen vehicles from multiple law enforcement agencies stopping by. But for people living in Hidalgo, a county near the U.S.-Mexico border with Texas, the
Read moreAMLO, Biden Discuss Migration, Security
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had a 52-minute telephone conference with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, April 29, to discuss the surging immigration problem along the binational border, just as the United States is poised to lift the covid-era Title 42 ruling that has blocked migrants from crossing into the country
Read moreUS to Stop Receiving Ukrainian Migrants Entering from Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The Joe Biden administration on Thursday, April 21, announced that it will simplify the legal processing of Ukrainian refugees seeking asylum from Europe, but will no longer allow migrants from that war-torn country to enter from Mexico. The new streamlined program, due to take effect on Monday, April 25, will fast-track some 100,000 refugee
Read moreUS Border Detentions Hit Record High, New Caravan Forming
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Detentions of undocumented migrants entering the United States from Mexico ¿reached a record high of 1.7 million this fiscal year, which ended in September, U.S. border authorities said Wednesday, Oct. 20. The unprecedented surge of illegal migrants has created political riffs and humanitarian challenges for the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, who reversed
Read more14 Mexican Soldiers Cross Illegally into US, One with Marijuana
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF U.S. Border Patrols officers temporarily detained 14 Mexican soldiers on Saturday, Sept. 25, for crossing into the United States over a border bridge in El Paso, Texas, without proper documentation. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a statement that two Mexican military vehicles crossed the bridge that connects El Paso with
Read moreThe Sizzling Events of the Dog Days of Summer
By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
Read moreMilitarization of Mexico’s Borders up 275 Percent
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF In the nearly six months since U.S. President Joe Biden took office, Mexico has increased its military presence along its northern and southern borders by 275 percent, the highest level ever, according to government sources. According to a report by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), a combination of 27,572 soldiers, sailors and national
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