President Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, on a phone call Friday that he plans to reverse former President Trump’s “draconian immigration policies”.
The big picture: The Biden administration has already begun to repeal several Trump immigration policies, including ordering a 100-day freeze on the deportation of many unauthorized immigrants, halting work on the southern border wall, and rolling back plans to expel undocumented migrants. to close the 2020 census.
- Biden has also unveiled an ambitious immigration law.
What they say: “The president outlined his plan to reduce migration by addressing root causes, increasing resettlement capacity and legal alternative immigration pathways, improving border processing to handle asylum applications and reversing the previous administration’s draconian immigration policies, a White House reading of the bell said.
- “The two leaders agreed to work closely to stem the flow of irregular migration to Mexico and the United States, and to promote development in Central America’s Northern Triangle. They also recognized the importance of coordination. to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “
Lopez Obrador tweeted that Biden was “kind and respectful.”
Worth nothing: López Obrador was one of the last great world leaders to congratulate Biden on his election victory and wait for the Electoral College to confirm the election results.