The Mexican president's allies often see any support for Biden as pleas for U. But Biden has a personal history with Mexico that stretches across his tenure in the Senate and as vice president when he visited Mexico four times.
Obama tasked Biden with confronting a similar crisis in , when officials saw more families and unaccompanied minors coming from Northern Triangle countries showing up at the border.
Harris, for her part, convened a Cabinet secretaries meeting to discuss how each agency can play a part and has weekly lunches with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, a White House official said.
Harris also regularly consults Biden on his own experience as Obama's point person on diplomatic talks on immigration, the official said. Harris is "realistic" and understands that "if it were a problem that could've been solved overnight, it would've been solved a long time ago," according to the official.
He also expressed admiration for its culture. AMLO named his political party Morena — another name for the virgin — and often speaks of morals and values and cities scripture in his morning press conferences.
Bush and Obama. Robert Jacobson, a former U. While migration has vexed several of Biden's predecessors, the issue has only intensified during the coronavirus pandemic, which deepened instability in Central America and forced more migrants to leave their homes. The virtual meeting with Harris could offer some indications of whether she and Biden can put the relationship with Mexico on a better footing. But he also wants the U.
But the first step will be restoring the trust that's been eroded by the last four years, he said. And losing Mexico means losing all of Latin America. Facebook Twitter Email. It probably won't be easy. President Biden and President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador have a huge stake in better ties as the leaders look to resolve a migration problem that could damage both of their presidencies.
Veronica G. Cardenas, AP. However, Mexico is still the most dangerous country in the world for journalists ; and after Colombia, the second-most dangerous for land and environmental defenders. According to government figures , poverty rates in Mexico increased from But the president did not mention the increase in poverty in his own country in his remarks at the UN.
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