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The US and Mexico have had a deep historical relationship on many issues, but with many ups and downs. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, after the snub caused by his absence at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, visited the White House to meet with his counterpart Joe Biden, in an attempt to improve relations with the neighboring country. The main theme of this summit was migration. What did Biden and López Obrador agree on? We discussed it in our discussion.
Thousands of immigrants continue to accumulate on the border between the United States and Mexico, waiting for their situation to be clarified so that they can enter US territory. The scenario has become more complicated, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic and the increase in violence in Latin America.
During his visit to Washington, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presented a five-point plan to improve the border situation with the United States. The bill proposes an increase in the number of temporary visas available for skilled labor; double gasoline production on the border, where there is a wide price difference between the two countries; make available to the US more than a thousand kilometers of gas pipeline on the southern border to supply other areas of the North American country; eliminate tariffs within the T-MEC, the trade agreement signed between Mexico, the United States and Canada, and a public and private investment plan between the countries.
For his part, President Joe Biden affirmed that the United States is committed to working to address the migration crisis with Mexico, a country he identified as a commercial peer that has recently also become a destination for migrants.
What does this migration crisis represent at a political level for both countries? How much is Biden risking with the upcoming midterm elections? Is taking these types of measures at the border a sign of the failure of the immigration policy of both countries? We analyze it in this edition of El Debate together with our guests:
– Montserrat Martínez Téllez, project coordinator at Global Thought MX, specialist in disarmament and doctoral student in Public Policy at the School of Government of TEC de Monterrey.
– Fernando Jiménez Sánchez, security expert, researcher at CONAC and the Colegio de Jalisco.
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