Analysis: Asylum seekers at historic high level
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(27 Nov 2018) A policy expert of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C. says Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States has reached a "historical high level" and the increase in these numbers of migrants is the new reality of what immigration at the U.S. - Mexico border is going to look like. Theresa Cardinal Brown, the BPC's director of immigration and cross-border policy said, "It is overwhelming the capacity of the ports of entry." Brown says the U.S. government should find better ways to manage the influx of migrants. "We have for the first time a majority of those coming to the U.S. - Mexico border are not Mexican. They're not single men. They're not just looking for work. They are applying for asylum and their children and families and our processes procedures and infrastructure were not built for that at this level," Cardinal Brown said. Many among the more than 5,000 Central American migrants in Tijuana were urgently exploring their options amid a growing feeling that they had little hope of making successful asylum bids in the United States or of crossing the border illegally. Most were dispirited on Monday, a day after U.S. agents fired tear gas into Mexico to turn back some migrants who had breached the border. They saw the clash and official response as hurting their chances of reaching the U.S. Officials also reported more interest from migrants wanting to start the process staying in Mexico. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/84736448a17e6af5f234a373c19d7fee
