President of Mexico Andrés Manuel López Obrador suggested that migration to the United States will decrease if U.S. President Joe Biden gives aid to Latin American governments.
According to the New York Times, Obrador said, “It is more efficient and more humane to invest in the development of the people and that is what we have always proposed.”
“The migration issue is going to intensify,” he stated.
Journalist Auden B. Cabello shared in a tweet that Obrador “knows US elections are around the corner and immigration is a top issue. US is desperate for Mexico’s help to stem the flow.”
Cabello explained that Mexico’s president “will capitalize by asking for more funding, and ask the US to invest in root causes (Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua) instead of walls. He is not willing to implement any migration controls.”
Following the meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on X, “As we made clear in Mexico City today, we are committed to partnering with Mexico to address our shared challenges, including managing unprecedented irregular migration in the region, reopening key ports of entry, and combating illicit fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.”
“It was a productive trip to Mexico. President López Obrador has taken significant new enforcement actions yet we have a lot more work to do together,” a National Security Council spokesperson said, according to NewsNation. “President Biden’s Cabinet will meet again with Mexican leaders in DC in January to assess progress and decide what more can be done. We continue to address the root causes and build on legal pathways that incentivize orderly migration and enforcement of our laws.”
The January meetings will “assess progress and decide what more can be done,” the National Security Council said, adding that “We continue to address the root causes and build on legal pathways that incentivize orderly migration and enforcement of our laws.”
The meetings come as a caravan of an estimated 7,500 people is heading toward the United States.
The migrants in the caravan are from 24 different countries, including Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, and Turkey.
