Migrant crossings at US border have plunged, Mexico says
by Jon Levine, New York Post , September 7, 2019
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| Migrants cross the Rio Bravo to surrender to US border officials.Getty Images
Mexico says there has been a 56 percent drop in undocumented migration to the U.S. border.
The fall off comes amid warnings from President Trump that he would slap import tariff’s on the country if they did not do more to curb the flow of migrants from elsewhere in Central America, according to the Daily Mail.
“I do not think there will be a threat of tariffs because there is a 56 percent reduction,” the country’s Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said, according to the tabloid.
A U.S. proposal for Mexico to take immigrants and asylum seekers was also out of the question, Ebrard added.
“We will not agree to be a safe third country,” he said. “It goes against our interests.”
Ebrard is expected to travel to the United States in three months, and the illegal migrant figures will likely be welcome news for the Trump administration, which has made hard-line immigration crackdowns a signature issue.
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