Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and US National Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall jointly pledged to expand “legal routes” to the US after a meeting, Just the News reported. on May 3.
Obrador said that countries are accepting “additional measures to address the humanitarian situation caused by the unprecedented migratory flows on our common border and in the region”including “enhancing its efforts in Central America to address the root causes of migration and expand routes of legal entry into the United States”.
The US Department of Homeland Security and Department of State announced the opening of regional processing centers in “key points throughout the Western Hemisphere to reduce illegal migration and facilitate safe, orderly, humane and legal routes out of the Americas”.
The first centers will open in several countries, including Colombia and Guatemala. Foreigners may make telephone appointments at these centers before traveling to Mexico or the United States. They will then be interviewed by an “immigration specialist” and, if the specialist determines that they are eligible for entry, they will be given the opportunity to “for lawful entry into the United States, Canada, and Spain”says the new policy.
Obrador reaffirmed his commitment to the plan, stating: “In particular, Mexico and the United States will redouble their people-centered development efforts.”. Mexico, he said, also recognizes “the great potential value of the regional data centers that the United States announced last week and discussed how our country can contribute to their effectiveness”.
He also praised the commitment of the United States to do more “100,000 people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador under the family reunification permit program announced last week by the Secretary of State of Mallorca”.
Obrador said that he and President Joe Biden are committed to expanding “legal avenues with implications for illegal migration,” arguing that they are already “We achieved a 95% reduction in the arrival of people without documents… at our common border”.
However, data from US border officials contradicts this claim: In March alone, there were nearly 270,000 apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the Southwest border. In addition, thousands have already arrived in El Paso, prompting the city to declare a state of emergency before May 11, when a section of the US Public Health Act that allowed migrants to be expelled under the law would end. pretext of COVID-19.
Approximately 40,000 people wait to enter the US in the Mexican border city of El Paso. Many more immigrants are expected to follow.
Obrador also praised the Biden administration for continuing to accept “people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela as part of a humanitarian program. For its part, Mexico will continue to accept migrants back for humanitarian reasons.”.
After halting construction of the US border wall and ending funding for radar balloons, an essential tool used by border guards to detect illegal border crossings, the Biden administration is funding the expansion of one of the checkpoints border guards on the border with Mexico to “improve” the common border.
The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, Obrador said, noting that this is “a measure that will benefit the economies of Mexico and the United States”.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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