Why Asylum Seekers Are Being Sent Back to Mexico

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