When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape and expedite what can be a monthslong process is to pay someone.
When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape and expedite what can be a monthslong process is to pay someone. With…
With more migrants entering Mexico, a sprawling network of lawyers, fixers and middlemen has exploded in the country. At every step in a complicated process, opportunists are ready to provide documents or counsel to migrants who can afford to speed up the system. In nearly two dozen interviews with The Associated Press, migrants, officials and those in the business described a network operating at the limit of legality. Many cooperate with Mexico’s immigration sector, where corruption is deeply ingrained, and at times work with smugglers. The increased flow of migrants over the last year and Mexico’s renewed efforts to control migration have made the work more prominent and profitable. The result is a booming business that often preys on vulnerable migrants.
A Los Angeles cameraman who suffered a spinal cord injury while on a New Mexico movie set has been awarded more than $66 million in a lawsuit, among the largest settlements in the state's history, a news outlet reported.
TAPACHULA, Mexico When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape and expedite what can be a monthslong process is to