Mexico Will ‘Regulate’ Its Southern Border, Station Federal Guards To Prevent Illegal Crossings

Mexico’s new president and interior minister are pledging to assign dozens of guards to the country’s southern border to prevent illegal immigrants from crossing into Mexico’s southern states from Honduras and Guatemala, the Associated Press reports.

The decision to station federal agents along the border comes on the heels of a separate effort on the part of Mexico’s government to “seal” the country’s border with Guatemala, preventing the so-called “migrant caravans” from crossing into Mexico on their way to the United States.