U.S. explores refugee program for non-Mexican asylum seekers in Mexico

FILE PHOTO: Asylum seekers, mostly from Venezuela, rest in the shade of a tent set up by Mexican authorities near the border as they try to cross into the U.S. without an appointment, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril/File Photo

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - U.S. and Mexican officials are discussing a new U.S. refugee program for some non-Mexican asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, four sources said, part of President Joe Biden's attempts to create more legal avenues for migration.

The program would likely be open to Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan refugees in Mexico, the sources said. Migrants would need to show they were in Mexico before June 6 to qualify, one of the sources said.