At Summit in Mexico, AMLO Urges Biden to End U.S. "Disdain" for Latin America

[Uncle Joe]

We go to Mexico City for an update on the North American Leaders’ Summit, where the presidents of Mexico, the United States and Canada are discussing migration, the economy, trade and security. The summit comes just days after Biden announced that the United States will start to block migrants from Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Cuba from applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. We speak with Elías Camhaji, Mexican journalist and reporter with the Spanish newspaper El País, and Erika Guevara-Rosas, human rights lawyer and Americas director for Amnesty International.

[peppertree]

1. Not so much disdain - as the habit of relying on RW Cubans to decide what is or isn't "democratic"

Most of them are little George Santoses - some of the most corrupt, racist, ridiculous, and profoundly un-democratic people you may ever meet.

They couldn't care less about what is, or isn't, in the best U.S. foreign policy interests - only their petty grievances, and vaulting personal ambitions.

[TigressDem]

2. WHY?

OK Biden wants to create alternate pathways... and let's face it those dangers these people face don't end at the Mexican side of the border.

https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/news/biden-administration-expands-use-title-42-and-proposes-new-asylum-ban-exchange-creation

“Creating an alternate pathway for migrants to come to the United States without having to brave the dangers of a journey on foot through Mexico is a positive step forward for the United States. Research has consistently shown that the best way to reduce irregular migration is through the creation of lawful pathways, which today’s action will do. But parole only provides temporary authorization to remain in the United States, and Congress needs to act to make these new pathways permanent. 

[republianmushroom]

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