asylum

Leon Trotsky arrived in Mexico in 1937

Over half a million Spanish citizens had to flee their homeland due to the Civil War

Mexico’s Defense Ministry revealed the price taxpayers paid to bring Evo Morales to Mexico

The Leona Vicario shelter in Ciudad Juárez houses nearly 800 migrants awaiting court dates in the U.S.

Mexico has a long history of granting asylum to refugees

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A safe third country designation would require asylum seekers to apply for protection in Mexico instead of the United States

In theory, a safe third country agreement would force asylum seekers from Central America, who make up a large part of migrants apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border, to seek refuge in Mexico

That former deal was reached to avert Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexican imports

The Trump administration recognized that the number of undocumented migrants who cross into the U.S. has decreased