President Joe Biden told the Mexican president that the U.S. plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” approach to immigration while working on policies that address the causes of migration, according to the White House.
In a call on Friday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Biden outlined his plan to create new legal avenues for immigration and improve the process for asylum seekers.
The White House statement also said that the two leaders agreed to work together to reduce “irregular migration”.
In a Twitter post, Lopez Obrador called the call “pleasant and respectful”.
The call came two days after Biden signed half a dozen executive orders to reverse several hardline immigration policies put in place by former President Trump, including the immediate lifting of the travel ban in 13 Muslim and African majority countries, and the suspension of construction in the United States. Mexico border wall.
In Sunland Park, New Mexico, the frontier wall construction sites looked abandoned after Biden signed the executive order.
On Thursday, Lopez Obrador praised Biden for suspending construction.
“If President Biden says that a wall is no longer being built, that is what he means. In four years, zero. ”
Biden also made an initial effort for a bill that would pave the way for citizenship for about 11 million people living illegally in the United States, although even his allies in Congress recognize that it can be “a Herculean task”.
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JOE BIDEN: Good afternoon.
– President Joe Biden told the Mexican president that the United States plans to reverse the Trump administration’s “draconian” approach to immigration, cite, while working on policies that address the causes of migration, according to the White House. In a call on Friday with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Biden outlined his plan to create new legal avenues for immigration and improve the process for asylum seekers. The White House statement also said that the two leaders agreed to work together to reduce irregular migration.
In a Twitter post, Lopez Obrador described the link, quote, as “pleasant and respectful”. The call came two days after Biden signed half a dozen executive orders to reverse several hardline immigration policies put in place by former President Trump, including the immediate lifting of the travel ban from 13 Muslim and African majority countries and the suspension of US-Mexico construction. border wall. In Sunland Park, New Mexico, the frontier wall construction sites appeared abandoned after Biden signed the executive order. On Thursday, Lopez Obrador praised Biden for suspending construction.
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INTERPRETER: If President Biden says that a wall is no longer being built, that is what he means. In four years, zero.
– Biden also made an initial effort for a bill that would pave the way for citizenship for about 11 million people living illegally in the United States, although even his allies in Congress recognize that it can be a, quote, “herculean task. “.