2024-02-04 03:10:03
The presidents of Mexico and the United States, Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Joe Biden, held a telephone conversation this Saturday, in which they “discussed the challenges on our border” and committed to continue their productive partnership.
The White House reported that President Biden thanked Mexico for its operational support and “taking concrete measures to deter irregular migration and at the same time expand legal avenues.
He also reported that both Biden and López Obrador reiterated their “shared commitment to reinforce our joint efforts to counter transnational criminal organizations involved in the illicit trafficking of drugs, weapons and people.”
In addition, they agreed to continue close cooperation between both governments to improve the lives of its citizens and promote opportunities throughout the Western Hemisphere.
AMLO asks Biden not to close the border
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador asked the US president, Joe Biden, regularize Mexicans who have been living and working in that country for more than five years, provide 20 billion dollars in support to countries that send migrants, suspend sanctions on Venezuela and lift the blockade on Cuba to reduce migratory flows.
In the call he had this Saturday with Biden, López Obrador also asked him do not build walls or close the border, as well as combat drug trafficking and the consumption of chemical drugs such as fentanyl and regulate the sale and export of weapons from the United States to Mexico.
The Presidency of the Republic reported that the Mexican president highlighted that the talk with Joe Biden “It was very helpful, of mutual interest, inspired by the principle of the policy of good neighborliness, friendship and cooperation.”
According to the Presidency, in the call with Biden, López Obrador reiterated his proposal to address the causes of migration and stated that any law that does not consider them is condemned to become a dead letter.
The president maintained that the conversation with Biden was respectful, inspired by good neighborliness and the will to cooperate, and both agreed that Mexico and the United States They are free to define their own immigration policies.
“However, with the sincerity that has characterized us, we express to President Biden that any law approved on this matter that ignores the causes of the immigration phenomenon and addresses them to us is condemned to become a dead letter.”
López Obrador also asked Biden to maintain the rreception of migrants through legal channels and described the policy of building walls as political-electoral propaganda.
He also spoke out for reaffirming the commitment to maintain relations of cooperation, friendship and respect for their respective sovereignties, as well as for a joint development plan to promote industrialization and trade within the framework of the T-MEC to continue strengthening North America. as a region in the world and define a strategy to economic integration throughout the continent.
The presidency of the Republic summarized those discussed between Biden and López Obrador in 10 points, which first establishes the “regularization of Mexicans who have been living and working honestly in the United States for more than five years,” followed by “approving a budget of 20 billion dollars annually to support poor countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, where their people are forced to emigrate out of necessity.”
The third point requests “suspend sanctions on Venezuela to reduce migratory flows” and the fourth “lift the blockade on Cuba and not hinder its development, in order to reduce migratory flows”, followed by the request to maintain the reception of migrants. , as well as not closing the border and combat drug trafficking and drug use and regulate the sale of weapons, as the eighth point.
The last two topics refer to the economic aspects of the Mexico-United States relationship.
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