Mexican President AMLO Blames Biden’s ‘America Last’ Border Policies for Illegal Immigration, Cartel Crime
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Reuters recently reported on Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s belief that President Joe Biden’s immigration policy is incentivizing not only a surge in illegal immigration but also drug cartel activity. The lack of focus on border security on the part of the Biden administration has served as a greenlight for cartels to ratchet up their drug trafficking operations.
According to Reuters, Mexico has suggested that the Biden administration start providing foreign aid to Central America, where the bulk of migrants heading northwards to the states hail from. They generally go through Mexico with the aim of landing in the U.S. and petitioning for asylum.
“They [migrants] see him as the migrant president, and so many feel they’re going to reach the United States,” stated AMLO after a virtual meeting he had with Biden. “We need to work together to regulate the flow, because this business can’t be tackled from one day to the next.”