Mexico Drug War Displaces 230,000 and Half Find Refuge in the U.S

[Jeanfromfillmore]

Mexico Drug War Displaces 230,000 and Half Find Refuge in the U.S., Says Report
About 230,000 people have been displaced in Mexico because of drug violence, and about half of them may have taken refuge in the United States, a new report says.
There were 27.5 million internally displaced people in the world in 2010, said the report by he Swiss-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Center, a leading international body monitoring conflict-induced internal displacement worldwide. About 5.4 million of these were in the Americas, an increase of 400,000 -- mostly due to an increase in the number displaced in Colombia and Mexico. There were more people displaced in the Americas in 2010 than in the Middle-East.
Colombia, which is dealing with a decades-long civil war pitting leftist guerillas with right-wing paramilitary groups, leads the world with a record 3.6 million to 5.2 million displaced people. Kate Halff, Head of the NRC Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, says widespread discrimination against displaced populations from ethnic minority groups was seen, including between Afro-Colombians in Colombia.
“In 2010, Colombia and Sudan had considerably the largest internally displaced populations, followed by Iraq, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Pakistan,” she said.
The Mexican government does not compile figures on people who have had to leave their homes because of turf battles between drug gangs. The IDMC numbers are based on studies by local researchers.
But recently released Mexico census figures support the idea of an exodus. The census show almost two-thirds of homes in one hard-hit northern Mexico township have been abandoned.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/new...est=latestnews

[ilbegone]

Same thing happened during the decade long Mexican Revolution after 1910. Lots of atrocities from all sides, the least from Zapata's group.

Mexican history repeats itself. The question beyond the symptoms is how to get out of the cycle and join the modern world.

[Twoller]

"Taken refuge"? If people are being "displaced" into the US, then how are they getting here? Are they here illegally? Are we granting special immigration status for people claiming to be fleeing mob violence in Mexico?

We don't want them. We don't care if they are afraid of gangsters in Mexico. We have enough gangsters of our own in the US.

Throw them out with the rest of the trash. If they won't deal with their social problems, there is no relief for them here.

[Ayatollahgondola]

Originally Posted by Twoller

"Taken refuge"? If people are being "displaced" into the US, then how are they getting here? Are they here illegally? Are we granting special immigration status for people claiming to be fleeing mob violence in Mexico?.

Yes; we absolutely are granting refugee status, temporary status, and parole status to just about everyone who has the savvy to apply for it.