Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surge

[American]

Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surge | World news | The Guardian

Amy and Esther Juárez were edgy with excitement as they boarded the bus full of seasonal workers heading for a farm at the other end of Mexico from their home in the poverty-stricken southern state of Chiapas.

Although their brother Alberto,18, had made the same journey the previous year, it was the first time Amy, 24, and Esther, 15, had left the tiny indigenous community where they had grown up.

But about half-way there, immigration agents boarded the bus, and after checking all the passengers’ papers, ordered the three siblings to get off.

The officials accused them of carrying false documents and lying about their nationality. Then they told the youngsters that they would be deported to Guatemala, a country none would have been able to place on a map.

Wow, seems those opposed to US immigration control or building a wall or any other control measure, have pretty quiet about this. I think Mexico is pretty hypocritical as well.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

Re: Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surg

Yes, the Mexican government is hypocritical.

 

[OrphanSlug]

Re: Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surg

Yes, the Mexican government is hypocritical.

Agreed, we have known this for a while now.

 

[americanwoman]

Re: Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surg

Per the article they are cracking down on Central American immigrants after political pressure from the US, where people are complaining about the influx of Central American immigrants. So we are pressuring another country to handle our problem with illegal immigrants while ignoring our own, who else is the hypocrite here?

 

[Master PO]

Re: Mexico tortures migrants – and citizens – in effort to slow Central American surg

Per the article they are cracking down on Central American immigrants after political pressure from the US, where people are complaining about the influx of Central American immigrants. So we are pressuring another country to handle our problem with illegal immigrants while ignoring our own, who else is the hypocrite here?

A Mexican Manual for Illegal Migrants Upsets Some in U.S.

a pamphlet that instructs migrants how to safely enter the United States illegally and live there without being detected.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/06/w...-illegal-migrants-upsets-some-in-us.html?_r=0