Mexican president announces plan to provide 40,000 jobs to migrants

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he expects an agreement with factories to be signed next week.

Mexico is finalising a deal to provide 40,000 factory jobs to migrants in northern states, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, addressing a key need for the thousands waiting in Mexico as their US asylum cases are decided.

Mexico’s border states have been inundated with migrants who must often wait weeks to seek US asylum under a policy known as “metering,” which limits the number who can apply each day. Factories in northern Mexico have grappled with labour shortages, so migrants could prove a boon for employers.

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