On Friday, Mexico offered temporary asylum in the country for those coming from Honduras, Guatemala, and el Salvador. Every year, tens of thousand of Central Americans set off to the United States seeking aid in the midst of their country’s violence and poverty. President Donald Trump for two weeks now has threatened to close the U.S.-Mexico border and cut aid to Central America to try to stop the caravan of several thousand people. On the other hand, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said that migrants wishing to obtain temporary identification documents, jobs or education for their children could do so by registering for asylum in southern Mexico. Peña Nieto made the scheme Estas en Tu Casa (You’re at your home) for migrants to seek aid in the southern states of Chiapas and Oaxaca, which as a result 1,700 people have registered for asylum while other have returned home. Nonetheless, estimates on the size of the group vary. In conclusion, Alden Rivera, the Honduran ambassador to Mexico, told Mexican radio on Friday that the caravan could reach Mexico City by next Friday.
By Isabel G. Torres
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