By Caribbean News Now contributor
MÉRIDA, Mexico – In search of solutions to the crucial need for thousands waiting in Mexico as their US asylum cases are decided, president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, Mexico is finalizing a deal to provide 40,000 factory jobs to migrants in northern states, an agreement with factories to be signed this week.
“This agreement is going to be signed, there will be no legal problem,” he said. “We are arranging this so that they can be hired without much processing.”
US immigration policy known as “metering,” limits the number of applicants who can apply for US asylum and/or enter the US daily at the Southern border for political and economic opportunities.
Last month Mexico and the United States recognize the vital importance of rapidly resolving the humanitarian emergency and security situation agreed to work together to immediately implement a durable solution on Mexican enforcement surge, migrant protection protocols as well as ongoing regional strategy.
In a bid to guarantee work and shelter for migrants in southern Mexico, Lopez Obrador also announced plans were underway to build shelters and provide additional resources to the overtaxed facilities already in operation.
“Funds are being authorized so there will be resources in the shelters, so they do not lack food, medicine, medical attention,” he said. Border cities including Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez migrants struggle to find adequate housing and shelters, consequent on…
