AmericasMexico doubles migrant detentions with troop surge, White House says
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A U.S. Border Patrol vehicle clears the ground of past footprints to be able to see new traces of activity in Calexico, California, U.S., April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Allison Dinner
Mexico has doubled its detentions of migrants with a deployment of 10,000 troops to its southern border, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Monday, as Washington leans on regional governments to help slow arrivals at the U.S. border.
Reuters reported in March that Mexico had launched enforcement operations for rounding up immigrants transiting illegally toward the U.S. border, and stepped up its efforts along its border with Guatemala. read more
Guatemala: No Deal With US on Increased Border Security
“There is no document signed” regarding border security, the government said in a Spanish language statement.
White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that Guatemala surged 1,500 police officers and military members to its southern border and agreed to set up 12 checkpoints along the migratory route.
“There have been a series of bilateral discussions between our leadership and the regional governments of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala. Through those discussions, there was a commitment to increase border security,” she told reporters in Washington. “I think the objective is to make it more difficult to make the journey and make crossing the borders more difficult.
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