Since 2014 the Mexican government's Southern Border Program has with, U.S.A. assistance, sought to lessen the numbers of 'illegal' migrants crossing the southern edge of Mexico. The U.S.A. has helped United Mexican States inwards this endeavour amongst money, equipment in addition to training. This U.S.A. assistance has mainly been funded through the Bureau for International Narcotics in addition to Law Enforcement Affairs (INL).
The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) has created an interactive map to heighten awareness of the weather condition migrants are facing along Mexico's southern border. The Migration through Mexico map plots Mexican edge checkpoints, detention centers in addition to deportation sites. It besides plots reported attacks on migrants in addition to novel migrant routes that convey arisen since the Southern Border Program began,
WOLA reports that Mexico's migration crackdown has led many migrants to rely on to a greater extent than unsafe routes into Mexico. It besides reports that excessive strength has been used past times edge authorities in addition to that pregnant numbers of Central Americans fleeing violence convey been refused refugee status past times Mexico. You tin plough over the sack read to a greater extent than well-nigh the deport upon of mexico's Southern Border Program inwards WOLA's report, Increased Enforcement at Mexico’s Southern Border: An Update on Security, Migration, in addition to U.S.A. Assistance.