Mexican manufacturers demand background checks for migrant labor

MEXICO CITY/CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, July 2 (Reuters) - M exican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has promised thousands of jobs to migrants waiting on the northern border for U.S. asylum, but some employers are refusing to hire them unless the government screens for potential criminals.Lopez Obrador said on Friday he would make up to 40,000 jobs available along the border to migrants while they wait in Mexico for the results of their U.S. asylum claims under an agreement forged with U.S. Pre