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Mexican Immigration Policy
On the Mexican side of the border, there are some social problems. People try to get through the border all the time to escape poverty and violence, but gaining legal entry is very difficult. The new arrivals are given an electronic anklet and a court date to seek Asylum, but there only a certain amount of people can gain entry this way. President Trump has suggested ending this policy known as “Catch and release by building new detention centres, or by forcing them back over the border to Mexico. This is even if they are not Mexican citizens, which is very controversial. Trump is determined to up security and end large scale illegal immigration into the country.
In the weeks before the election, homeland security member Jeh Johnson announced

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