Daily Border Bulletin: Mexico Helps The United States Catch Terrorist, Mexico Files Suit In Georgia, Central American Migration

Our daily border roundup starts with a story about how the enhanced security cooperation between the US and Mexico in recent years payed real dividends this week. Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan tweeted that Mexico submitted an Amicus Curiae brief before 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vs HB87 in Georgia. Finally, Migration from Central Americans into Mexico has Dropped by 70%.

Los Angeles Times – Mexico says it helped U.S. foil plot to kill Saudi envoy -  “From the first moment, Mexico and the United States exchanged information and acted in a coordinated manner,” said Julian Ventura, Mexico’s assistant foreign secretary for North America.

Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan – Mexico & 13 additional countries submitted Amicus Curiae brief before 11th Circuit Court of Appeals vs #HB87 in Georgia – HB87 is Georgia’s harsh anti-immigration legislation which the Mexican government contends strain’s diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico, “interfering with the strategic diplomatic interests of the two countries and encouraging an imminent threat of state-sanctioned bias or discrimination.”

The Associated Press - Mexico: Central America migration drops 70 percent Over Past Five Years – Immigration Commissioner Salvador Beltran del Rio said the estimate is based on the decline in the number of Central Americans detained for being in Mexico without proper documents. He said there were 433,000 such detentions in 2005 and 140,000 last year.