Mexico issues transit visas to surge of African migrants – IOTW Report

Mexico issues transit visas to surge of African migrants

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican immigration authorities say 424 migrants from African countries arrived at the southern state of Chiapas over two days last week.

The National Immigration Institute said Tuesday that it has issued them 20-day transit visas that will allow the migrants to reach the U.S.-Mexico border, where they plan to request asylum.

Officials call it an unusual surge and say most of the migrants first went to Brazil or Ecuador to start their journey through Latin America.  MORE

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  1. Vincente Fox, former El Presidente of Mehico, just said that Mehico has 130 million residents. The old fool can’t count as fifty million of those citizens are now residing in the United States where he sent them and where he wants them to be!

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