Crackdown on migrant caravan lands hundreds in detention facility in Mexico

The crackdown on the caravan, many of whose members were of African descent, underlined the sharp reversal from the immigration policy at work in Mexico a year ago, when officials looked the other way as large groups of migrants traversed the country heading for the U.S. But under pressure from Washington, the government has been taking a tougher stance in dealing with migrants, and many Mexicans are being less welcoming.Salva Lacruz, from the Fray Matías de Córdova Human Rights Center in Tapachula, called the roundup a “human hunt” and noted officials waited until the migrants had tired out before forcing them into vans. 1:19 Nearly 1 million migrants arrested along U.S. Mexico border in fiscal year 2019: White House Nearly 1 million migrants arrested along U.S. Mexico border in fiscal year 2019: White House Sending the migrants back south was an “exercise in cruelty,” Lacruz said, saying the migrants have come to Mexico because “they need international protection.”About half of the migrants in the caravan were black, including Haitians, estimated Lacruz, who accompanied the group.Wilner Metelus, a Mexican activist who was born in Haiti, described the government’s behavior toward migrants of African descent as “shameful.”“Today the Afro-descendants are alone,” he… Read full this story

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