Somewhat off-topic, but an honest question:
We hear that these people are all asylum-seekers, but asylum from what exactly? I was unaware that Mexico has mass political repression.
We hear that these people are all asylum-seekers, but asylum from what exactly? I was unaware that Mexico has mass political repression.
You haven't been paying attention to the news.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/12/mexico-electio...
> Purón was the 112th politician murdered in Mexico since September 2017 when the election process began, according to Etellekt, a risk analysis consultancy.
They're generally from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, fleeing through Mexico, which isn't a particularly safe place for them either.
Interesting, then you should really read almost any basic summary of Mexico's current government.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/02/23/obama-pena-nieto-mexico-...
Not to mention asylum in the US isn't only limited to political asylum
>an applicant must establish that the government is either involved in the persecution, or unable to control the conduct of private actors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_of_asylum
Asylum seekers do not have to be fleeing political persecution but violence or persecution in general.
Furthermore, many of the people crossing at our southern border are not Mexicans. Many are central- and south-Americans fleeing horrible civil strife.
And in the ancient days, you often had to live in a country such as Judea for three generations before being accepted as a member of the country. You couldn't seek asylum and then be voting in elections five years later.
Not to mention, in Mexico specifically, it is cartel violence that people are largely escaping (assuming they aren't simply looking for better economic opportunity, which is also often the case).