‘Airport immigration facilities are safe’: Mexico tells Latin American countries

Mexico assured other Latin American countries on Monday that immigration facilities at Mexico City’s international airport were safe and hygienic, as it prepares a wider crackdown to cut the flow of illegal border crossings into the United States.

Officials from Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) and the Foreign Ministry toured the airport’s immigration facilities with consulate officials from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay, the government said in a statement.

Mexican officials heard questions and concerns from the foreign representatives about the “inadmission” of nationals from their countries, the statement said. The officials reviewed the hygienic conditions, ventilation and safety of the facilities.