The president of Mexico is seeking an immigration agreement with the United States
The president of Mexico is seeking an immigration agreement with the United States, in order to avoid the massive return of migrants to Mexico.
The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said this Wednesday, June 5, that he is seeking an agreement with the Government of the United States.
In this sense, the president of Mexico is seeking an immigration agreement with the United States so that migrants are not returned to Mexico after the application of the measure announced Tuesday by U.S. President Joe Biden.
Biden’s new executive action, which went into effect on Wednesday at 12:00 a.m. ET, prohibits immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally from applying for asylum once a daily threshold of irregular crossings has been reached.
Unless they meet certain exceptions, immigrants will be returned to Mexico or their country of origin.
President of Mexico is seeking an immigration with the U.S.
After being questioned on whether Mexico will receive and return migrants to their countries of origin with Biden’s measure, the President of Mexico is seeking an immigration agreement with the United States so that they can be returned directly from the United States.
“We are looking for them to reach an agreement so that, if they (the United States) make a decision to deport, they do it directly, and we are helping them to reach that agreement. Why? We have no problems, we treat the migrants very well, all of them, but why triangulate, why not a direct agreement?
While the Mexican president is seeking a migration agreement with the United States, he explained the progress of the project for new bridges to the United States.
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On the other hand, President López Obrador gave details this Wednesday of the three border bridges to be built between the United States and Mexico.
The works include two new crossings: one will be built between Piedras Negras, Coahuila, and Eagle Pass, Texas; and another between Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas; The World Trade International Bridge in Nuevo Laredo III-IV, between Tamaulipas and Texas, will also be expanded, according to what the president said on Wednesday during the morning conference.
López Obrador noted that the call he had on Tuesday with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, was a good one.
Biden approved three new presidential permits for international bridge projects in Texas that “will benefit local communities and strengthen the economic relationship between the United States and Mexico.
The construction of this infrastructure will promote increased commercial travel,” according to a statement issued by the White House following the dialogue between the presidents.
