Mexico and the Crisis of Central American Migrants

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In early February 2020, Mexico continued to grapple with the thousands of Central Americans who are waiting at the U.S. border for some form of asylum, the thousands who are attempting to cross its territory, and the thousands more at its southern border who seek entry for asylum or right of transit. While migrants protest in the north and clash with the newly formed Guardia Nacional in the south, and while the government of U.S. President Donald Trump makes ever more onerous demands, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has struggled, largely in vain, to offer a coherent policy. Commentators offered critique, irony, advice, and pathos.

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