Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador challenged President Biden on his “forgetfulness” to assist Latin American nations during the North American Leaders’ Summit Monday. He additionally inspired him to prioritize fixing the migration disaster affecting the U.S.-Mexico border.
While public feedback principally struck a constructive tone, López Obrador pressed Biden over his “abandonment” and “forgetfulness” to assist Central American nations.
“This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Lopez Obrador mentioned during a press convention Monday.
López Obrador additionally mentioned Biden had the “key” to enhancing life for the area.
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President Joe Biden speaks during the North American Leaders’ Summit on Jan. 10, 2023, in Mexico City.
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“You hold the key in your hand,” the Mexican chief mentioned of the U.S. president.
By Tuesday, López Obrador’s feedback had been extra constructive as he counseled Biden for not constructing “even one meter of wall,” a transparent reference to Biden’s predecessor, former President Donald Trump.
Still, López Obrador urged Biden to “insist” Congress make extra lodging to permit undocumented Mexican migrants to work in industries the place American employers are struggling to rent.
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President Joe Biden shakes arms with his President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador during a welcome ceremony in Mexico City, on Jan. 9, 2023.
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President Joe Biden, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the tenth North American Leaders’ Summit on the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
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Mexico’s president additionally spoke at size about his nation’s efforts to assist restrict the flow of fentanyl into the U.S . Fentanyl is an artificial opioid that has turn into the principle driver of drug overdose deaths in America.
“We are battling fentanyl, these chemicals, and we are doing it because we care. No human is foreign to us,” he mentioned. “It really matters to us to be able to help with what is happening in the United States, the deaths from fentanyl. But also as we discussed today, it is not only an issue for the United States, because if we don’t confront this problem, this scourge, we are going to suffer it, too. So we have to act in a coordinated way.”
Biden, López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met Monday and Tuesday for the North American Leaders’ Summit, the place the three world leaders shared their targets for world commerce, managing massive waves of migrants coming into the area, and supporting Ukraine.
They additionally mentioned dealing with vitality points and semiconductors manufacturing, decreasing local weather change impacts — pledging to chop methane emissions — and, forming a extra cohesive regional technique for coping with future pandemic-related well being threats.
“We’re true partners the three of us,” Biden mentioned Tuesday at a joint information convention in Mexico City. He additionally mentioned they every shared a “genuine like” for each other.
“We share a common vision for the future, grounded on common values,” Biden added.
President Joe Biden, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the National Palace in Mexico City, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
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President Joe Biden, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared their targets for world commerce, managing massive waves of migrants coming into the area, and supporting Ukraine.
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Despite the reward, the leaders have discovered themselves at odds this previous 12 months.
The U.S. is urging Trudeau and Canada to assist lead a global mission to Haiti to assist remedy an ongoing humanitarian and safety disaster
“We need to make sure that the solutions are driven by the people of Haiti themselves,” Trudeau mentioned on Tuesday, calling the scenario “heartbreaking.”
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Also, the U.S. and Mexico proceed to strategize on how finest to cope with an inflow of migrants who’re searching for entry to America.
Many of those migrants — mostly from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela — have been pressured to attend on the U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42, a Trump-era immigration coverage, is ready to run out.
While the Biden administration continues to assert the border is “secure,” the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported there have been greater than 2.3 million migrant encounters in FY 2022 alone.
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This determine tops the then-historic 1.7 million encountered in FY 2021. So far in FY 2023, which started in October, migrant encounters are outpacing the identical interval final 12 months.
Fox News’ Adam Sabes and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
