Why Asylum Seekers Are Being Sent Back to Mexico

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With asylum requests at a record high, the Trump administration is telling migrants to wait in Mexico. We look at how that policy could fundamentally change immigration in the United States. Guests: Natalie Kitroeff, a business reporter for The New York Times, spoke with Zolan Kanno-Youngs, who covers homeland security. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).

Background reading:


A recent State Department report acknowledged the (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/politics/asylum-united-states-migrants-mexico.html?smid=pc-thedaily)possibility that migrants from Central America were no safer in Mexico (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/us/politics/asylum-united-states-migrants-mexico.html?smid=pc-thedaily) than at home from the gangs that had threatened them.
The cornerstone of President Trump’s deal to avert tariffs with Mexico — the terms of which were largely already agreed-upon in December (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/10/us/politics/immigration-mexico-deal-trump.html?smid=pc-thedaily) — was an expansion of the “Remain in Mexico” program (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/us/politics/trump-mexico-deal-tariffs.html?smid=pc-thedaily).


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