Latin America Advisor 2023-07-24 – Inter-American Dialogue

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July 24, 2023

Are U.S. & Mexican Officials Partnering Well on Migration?

The U.S. Homeland Security Secretary said last month that the number of migrants arriving at the country’s border with Mexico had fallen after the expiration of Title 42. Migrants in Mexico are pictured. // File Photo: Mexican Government.

Q

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in June that the number of migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border had dropped by as much as half in the wake of the expiration of Title 42 on May 11. The New York Times reported on July 3 that towns in northern Mexico have seen a decrease in the number of migrants arriving to cross the border, while cities in southern Mexico have experienced opposite migration trends. What can be made of these seemingly contradictory migration patterns? To what extent can the overall decrease in migrants at the U.S. border be attributed to increased cooperation between the Biden administration and Mexican immigration authorities, and what does that entail? What other factors explain the slowdown in migration?

A

Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at the Washington Office on Latin America: “The Biden administration is trying to channel post-Title 42 migration in a more orderly direction by using a controversial combination of carrots and sticks. The carrots include a dramatic expansion in asylum appointments at land-border ports of entry using Customs and Border Protection’s smartphone app, and a humanitarian parole program admitting up to 30,000 people each month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The sticks include expanded use of ‘expedited removal,’ forcing some asylum seekers to defend their cases within days of arrival, and a new rule that denies asylum to most migrants who arrive at the border without a prior appointment, and without first seeking asylum in other countries along the route. Mexico, too, is blocking more migrants in its territory and…”

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