The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradordescribed this Thursday as a “recoil” the announcement of Washington to build new border barriers to contain the overwhelming arrival of immigrants, in a change of policy from his American counterpart Joe Biden.
The Mexican president expressed his rejection shortly before a high-level meeting to be held by delegations from both countries in Mexico City during the course of the day, where that issue and other issues such as drug trafficking, trade or development will be addressed, he said.
“This authorization for the construction of the wall is a setback, because that does not solve the problem,” said the president in his daily press conference, and recalled that Biden He had been until now “the only one” among the last presidents of the neighboring country to rule out that measure.
More sections of the wall in Texas
The United States government reported earlier that it will build more sections of the border wall in the Star County, Texas while the number of immigrants caught crossing illegally or showing up at legal border crossings on their border is reaching record numbers in recent weeks.
“People don’t leave their towns just for fun., it is not about holding back with barriers, with walls; I think we are going to deal with this issue too,” he added. Lopez Obradorwhich reiterated its proposal to intensify economic aid to the Latin American countries from which migrants leave.
The construction of a new fence on the common border, known through a publication in the US Federal Register, requires exemptions from a series of laws, regulations and other requirements, according to the country’s Department of Homeland Security.
The measure reflects a Biden policy shift on physical barriers to stop immigration, a priority that distinguished the former Republican president donald trumpwith whom he will potentially face in the 2024 presidential elections and who made the slogan “Build that wall” famous.
According to the Mexican ruler, politicians from “ultra-right” of the neighboring nation, on the side of the Republican party, “are putting very strong pressure” on their American counterpart with a “politicking” strategy to stay in office and win next year’s elections.
Members of the cabinets of López Obrador and Biden those in charge of foreign and internal policy, among others.
Source: Ambito
