Over the weekend, Mexico announced it will provide escorted bus rides to migrants in southern Mexico who have CBP One appointments to claim asylum at a U. The migrants who use the buses to ride north will also receive a day transit permit allowing them legal passage across Mexico. Local, state and federal law enforcement will provide security for the buses and meals will be provided during transit.
Until recently, migrants in the southernmost states of Mexico could not get CBP One appointments to claim asylum or seek parole at U. According to the Associated Press , Mexico is offering bus rides to migrants in an attempt to encourage them to stay in the southern states and not congregate in Mexico City or travel farther north.
Migrants have complained that it is hard to get work in the south of Mexico and, in order to start paying off their debts to the cartels and traffickers, prefer to move north where they are more likely to get work. The Biden Administration has hailed its negotiations with Mexico on immigration as a win for diplomacy.
However, the extension of the CBP One app and the travel assistance provided to migrants are nothing more than a quid pro quo between the U. Through the creation and expansion of the CBP One App, the Biden-Harris Administration is abusing our asylum system in order to help migrants β most of whom have no legitimate claim for asylum β to reach the U. If they arrive at a port of entry, they are released either on their own recognizance or parole, and allowed to remain in the U.
Sound immigration policy, however, dictates that migrants outside the U. Indeed, federal law expressly allows the U. INA Section Furthermore, if migrants in South or Central America want to seek protection in a third country i. Encouraging the mass flow of migrants to the U. The Biden-Harris Administration sent out the invitation to migrants world-wide through offers of asylum and parole, immediate release and work permits. Now, the Mexican government will escort the migrants north through the last 2, miles of the journey.
