Migration Matters

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Despite a discourse of supporting migrant rights, the Biden administration is now upholding Trump's border wall policy. Further, it is breaking records of deportations of migrants and refugees before they can ask for asylum, and has asked Mexico to receive more deported migrants.

Most migrants "rescued" by authorities are in fact detained, imprisoned, and deported. When authorities and the media use the term "rescued" they are distorting reality and impacting migrant rights. Migrants, on the other hand, are calling for the creation of a humanitarian corredor, so they can travel to the US without being in danger.

Little has improved on the Mexican side of the border after the end of Remain in Mexico. People are still being deported thanks to Title 42, and shelters are overwhelmed. As such, the precarious migrating conditions continue, with hundreds of migrants being found in a single house, one hotel, trucks, and more.

Honduras is setting an example by temporarily eliminating its fees for irregular migrants. But passing the policy, and implementing it, are turning out to be different things. Meanwhile, the US has ended Remain in Mexico, but Texas is using migrants as political pawns and sending them on buses to New York.

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Just in the past few days, migrants died in one accident in Mexico, and were injured in another. Meanwhile, Biden met with the Mexican president and got the country to commit to funding the strengthening of border wall infrastructure.

The media have focused on the individuals driving the trailer that saw 53 refugees and migrants die of heat exhaustion and suffocation. But the important questions are why should people fleeing for their lives and seeking help have to hide in the first place? How would people smugglers or coyotes continue profiting if there was free movement of people? We review various recent tragic migration events, then look behind the curtain to what is actually spurring on the big business of smuggling.

People have seen images of police on horses on the US side of the Mexico-US border, but few have an idea of what it is like at Mexico's southern borden, where most of the detentions take place, and where people are stuck waiting for months. The economic and psychological effects can be catastrophic for the tens of thousands of refugees and migrants.

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As many heads of state boycott the Summit of the Americas, one of the largest migrant caravans has left Mexico's southern border. Black women migrants and refugees, meanwhile, face extra hardships on their journey, including sex slavery and discrimination.

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Losing hope, migrants and refugees in Mexico have protested after the postponement of the ending of Title 42. Experts now say it could be a long time before it finally ends. Meanwhile, companies like Amazon are profiting from the illegal deportations of migrants by the US.

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