Mexico disperses migrant caravans, strands them in cartel-controlled Acapulco pre-Trump inauguration.

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….After walking for a couple weeks through southern Mexico with hundreds of other migrants, they accepted an offer from immigration officials to come to Acapulco with the idea they could continue their journey north toward the U.S. border. Instead, they found themselves stuck on Monday.

Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in any one place.

The policy of “dispersion and exhaustion” has become the center of the Mexican government’s immigration policy in recent years and last year succeeded in significantly reducing the number of migrants reaching the U.S. border, said Tonatiuh Guillén, former chief of Mexico’s immigration agency.

Mexico’s current administration hopes that the lower numbers will give them some defense from Trump’s pressures, said Guillen, who left the administration of former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador after Trump threatened to impose tariffs over migration during his first presidency.

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrants-acapulco-trump-sheinbaum-3f90610817151fafe151e0569a398b59

Many migrants, misled by promises of permits and support, face limited resources, unsafe conditions, and difficulty continuing their journeys.

Around 100 migrants from various countries found themselves disoriented and stranded on the streets of Acapulco on Monday, after immigration officials transported them to the Pacific coast city with promises of permits to continue their journey north.

However, many were left without resources or a clear path forward.

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With two weeks remaining until US President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues to break up high-profile migrant caravans and disperse migrants across the country to keep them away from the US border with their “dispersion and exhaustion” policy.

According to former immigration chief Tonatiuh Guillén, this policy significantly reduced the number of migrants reaching the US border last year.

https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/07/migrants-stranded-in-acapulco-as-mexico-implements-dispersion-and-exhaustion-strategy


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Jittery Mexico breaks up caravans, drops migrants in cartel-infested Acapulco ahead of Trump inauguration

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President-elect Donald Trump said Jan. 7 he plans to order “very serious tariffs” against Canada and Mexico — and that he will rechristen the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.“Canada is subsidized to the tune of about $200 billion a year, plus other things. They don’t essentially have a military. They have a very small military. They rely on our military. It’s all fine, but they got to pay for that,” Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

https://nypost.com/video/president-elect-donald-trump-plans-to-order-very-serious-tariffs-against-canada-and-mexico/

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to impose tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods from Mexico and Canada to pressure both countries to stop the flow of illegal immigration and cross-border fentanyl shipments.

“We’re going to put very serious tariffs on Mexico and Canada,” Trump said during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort, a little less than two weeks before he is sworn into office for a second term as president.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/07/congress/very-serious-tariffs-00196878

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