The article titled “’Remain In Mexico’ Immigration Policy Expands, But Slowly.” From NPR is for the policy to have people stay in Mexico before their trials. The “Remain in Mexico” policy is intended to discourage the increasing number of migrants that are escaping Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to seek asylum in the U.S. immigration courts. This article discusses that the Department of Homeland Security is starting out with smaller numbers within the asylum seekers to be sure that the process is smooth running and it can hold before seeking larger numbers of migrants. If the process works and the coordination with Mexico is set, then the program could expand to Texas and/or other locations. Lastly, the article mentions that immigrant rights’ advocates are going to court in hopes of shutting the program down.
There is bias in this article because NPR is focusing on government officials and those enforcing the policy instead of those who are being impacted by the policy such as the migrants. All of the quoted statements that are included in the article are coming from administration officials within the Department of Homeland Security. These selected officials’ quotes show that this article is mainly focusing on where the officials are coming from and not how or what the asylum seekers are feeling towards this situation and policy.
Rose, Joel. “’Remain In Mexico’ Immigration Policy Expands, But Slowly.” NPR, NPR, 12 Mar. 2019, www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702597006/-remain-in-mexico-immigration-policy-expands-but-slowly.