US Embassies to Track Migration ‘Crimes’ in Western Hemisphere
A newly constructed bollard-style border wall, right, on the US-Mexico border in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, in August.
Photographer: Paul Ratje/BloombergThe US State Department said it had directed American embassies in the Western Hemisphere to report on “human rights abuses caused by mass migration,” amid a broader effort by the Trump administration to pressure allies to tighten their own immigration policies.
“Mass migration and the criminal networks that enable it wrought havoc on America before President Trump secured the border,” the State Department posted Tuesday on X. “U.S. embassies will report on crimes resulting from mass migration and urge governments across the Western Hemisphere to combat these human rights abuses.”