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September 26, 2023

Mexico Accedes to U.S. Demands to Deport Migrants from Northern Border Cities
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In immigration news, Mexico has accepted demands from the Biden
administration to start deporting migrants from northern Mexican border
cities back to their home countries. Mexico's government has also agreed
to enforce over a dozen policies to block migrants and asylum seekers
from reaching the United States. This comes as U.S. immigration
officials have reported a sharp increase in the number of people
attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in recent weeks, as thousands
seek protection from violence, conflict, extreme poverty and the impacts
of the climate crisis.

The mayor of El Paso, Texas, has said his city is at "a breaking point"
as shelters are at capacity, forcing many asylum seekers onto the
streets. Another Texas border city, Eagle Pass, has extended its state
of emergency declaration as thousands of asylum seekers have arrived in
recent days.

Meanwhile, immigration rights advocates have denounced the Biden
administration for deploying more military personnel to the southern
border and not prioritizing humanitarian relief or addressing the
massive backlogs greatly delaying the processing of asylum and
immigration cases. A recent report by Syracuse University found a
backlog of some 2.6 million cases in U.S. immigration courts.


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