by Ava Grace, Natural News:
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- Facing threats of 25 percent tariffs on Mexican goods from the incoming Trump administration, Mexico has adopted its new, controversial “dispersion and exhaustion” strategy of deterring migrants from reaching the U.S. border.
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- The strategy is giving Mexican officials the ability to scatter migrants far from traditional migration routes. This policy is being criticized as inhumane.
- Migrants report being misled by Mexican officials, who promise transit permits but leave them stranded far from migrant routes without access to transportation and other assistance.
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- Critics argue that Mexico’s dispersal strategy undermines its claim of a humanitarian focus, as migrants face dangers like cartel violence and exploitation. The situation highlights the human cost of political and economic pressures on migration policies.
As President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration looms less than two weeks away, the Mexican government is taking drastic measures to break up migrant caravans heading toward America’s southern border.
Traveling in caravans, migrants believe there is safety in numbers, as large groups are harder for immigration agents to detain. However, Mexican authorities have been quick to dissolve these caravans, leaving migrants scattered and vulnerable.
Trump has threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on Mexican imports if the country fails to curb the flow of migrants. This economic pressure has forced Mexico to adopt aggressive measures.
Facing the threat of massive tariffs on Mexican goods under the incoming administration, Mexico has adopted a strategy of dispersing migrants across the country, including sending them to the once-glamorous but now crime-ridden tourist destination of Acapulco. (Related: Mexican President Sheinbaum relents, now ready to receive Mexican nationals deported by Trump.)
This policy, described as “dispersion and exhaustion,” aims to reduce the number of migrants able to reach the United States by housing them far from traditional migration routes.
Authorities allow migrants to walk for days until they are physically exhausted, then offer to bus them to various cities under the guise of reviewing their immigration status. However, many migrants report being abandoned in unfamiliar and dangerous locations with little support or resources.
Acapulco, a major city on the Pacific coast and once a crown jewel of Mexico’s tourism industry, is now a shadow of its former self. Ravaged by organized crime and still recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Otis in 2023, the city has one of the highest homicide rates in Mexico. Yet, it has become an unlikely destination for busloads of migrants, many of whom are left stranded without the means to continue their journey north.