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Biden, Trudeau talk Haiti, trade, unrest in Brazil at Mexico City summit

Biden and Trudeau met one-on-one before a three-way meeting with Mexican President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador at the Mexico City summit

US Prez Biden, Lopez Obrador open Mexico meetings with brusque talk

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador challenged US President Joe Biden to end an attitude of abandonment and disdain for Latin America and the Caribbean as the two leaders met on Monday, making for a brusque opening to a summit of North American leaders. The comments were a stark contrast to the public display of affection between Lopez Obrador and Biden shortly before, as they smiled and embraced and shook hands for the cameras. But once the two sat down in an ornate room at the Palacio Nacional, flanked by delegations of top officials, it didn't take long for tensions to bubble to the surface. Most of the summit's work will be handled on Tuesday, when the two leaders and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are to hold hours of talks. Migration, both legal and illegal, and border security will be key topics. On Monday, Lopez Obrador challenged Biden to improve life across the region, telling him that you hold the key in your hand. This is the moment for us to determine

President Joe Biden visits US-Mexico border as immigration issue hots up

The visit seemed designed to showcase a smooth operation to process legal migrants

On eve of Biden's Mexico border visit, migrants fear new rules by govt

Several hundred people marched through the streets of El Paso Saturday afternoon, and when they arrived at a group of migrants huddling outside a church, they sang to them no estan solos you are not alone. Around 300 migrants have taken refuge on sidewalks outside Sacred Heart Church, some of them afraid to seek more formal shelters, advocates say, amid new restrictions meant to crack down on illegal border crossings. This is the scene that will greet President Joe Biden on his first, politically thorny visit to the southern border Sunday. The president announced last week that Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans will be expelled to Mexico if they enter the U.S. illegally an expansion of a pandemic-era immigration policy called Title 42. The new rules will also include offering humanitarian parole for up to 30,000 people a month from those four countries if they apply online and find a financial sponsor. Biden is scheduled to arrive in El Paso Sunday afternoon before ..

US judge blocks Biden attempt to end Trump-era 'Remain in Mexico' policy

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Biden administration from ending a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in US immigration court. US District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas stayed the termination until legal challenges by Texas and Missouri are settled but didn't order the policy reinstated. The impact on the programme wasn't immediately clear. It's a common sense policy to prevent people from entering our country illegally, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted after the ruling. Texas wins again, for now. The ruling could prove to be a temporary setback for the Biden administration, which may appeal. An email requesting comment from the Department of Homeland Security wasn't immediately returned. Under President Donald Trump, about 70,000 asylum-seekers were forced to wait in Mexico for US hearings under the policy introduced in January 2019. President Joe Biden who said it goes against everything we stand for as a nation of ...

Illegal border crossings to US from Mexico hit annual high: Authorities

A surge in migration from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua in September brought the number of illegal crossings to the highest level ever recorded in a fiscal year, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The year-end numbers reflect deteriorating economic and political conditions in some countries, the relative strength of the U.S. economy and uneven enforcement of Trump-era asylum restrictions. Migrants were stopped 2,27,547 times in September at the U.S. border with Mexico, the third-highest month of Joe Biden's presidency. It was up 11.5 per cent from 2,04,087 times in August and 18.5 per cent from 1,92,001 times in September 2021. In the fiscal year that ended September 30, migrants were stopped 2.38 million times, up 37 per cent from 1.73 million times the year before, according to figures released late Friday night. The annual total surpassed 2 million for the first time in August and is more than twice the highest level during Donald Trump's presidency in 2019. Nearly

Biden faces fire and anger over wildfires during New Mexico visit

Biden will visit New Mexico to talk about his administration's efforts to tackle wildfires as residents smolder with anger over how federal officials allowed planned burns to spread out of control

US lawmakers praise abortion access in Mexico, meets rights activist

US state legislators from Texas, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina toured Mexico and said this week they are impressed by efforts to expand abortion access in Mexico

Joe Biden, Mexican president Obrador confer on migration, diplomacy

Lpez Obrador tweeted that the conversation was cordial and that they spoke of issues of interest to the bilateral relationship

Mexico overhauls handling of migrants at south border to release pressure

Benjamn Villalta couldn't believe that a Mexican immigration office would open in the middle of the night to give him visaallowing them to move about Mexico and work.

Texas National Guard will start helping make US-Mexico border arrests

A Texas National Guard deployment along the US-Mexico border will start helping troopers make arrests, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday

40% fewer migrant children held at largest emergency shelter in US

The number of migrant children housed at Biden administration's largest emergency shelter for those who crossed the US-Mexico border alone has dropped by more than 40 per cent since mid-June

US, Mexico discuss rising number of migrants in high-level meetings

A US delegation discussed immigration and regional development in a series of meetings in Mexico at a time when rising numbers of migrants arriving at their shared border have raised concerns

'Border is closed': Biden administration pushes back amid mounting crisis

Homeland Security Secretary said the administration's message to would-be border-crossers was simple: "Now is not the time to come. Do not come. The journey is dangerous"

Biden meets with Mexican president virtually amid migration issues

President Biden met virtually Monday with Mexican President Obrador a chance for the pair to talk more fully about migration, confronting the coronavirus and cooperating on security issues.

Biden administration to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers in Mexico into US

The Biden administration on Friday announced plans for tens of thousands of asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico for their next immigration court hearings to be allowed into the United States

Nearly 7,000 Mexicans reported as disappeared in 2020, 22% fall since 2019

Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Alejandro Encinas said the number of clandestine graves found dropped by third last year and the number of bodies recovered in those graves - 1,086 - fell by 18%

Mexico president condemns Twitter, Facebook for blocking Donald Trump

Mexico's president on Thursday condemned the decision by social media platforms to block the accounts of US President Donald Trump

Mexican President Obrador says Trump helped the country get Covid vaccine

Mexico's president said he plans to give the military a role in distributing coronavirus vaccines, which he says US President Donald Trump helped him get

Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology in open letter

In the letter on Saturday, President Andres Manuel López Obrador also asks the pope to lend Mexico ancient pre-Hispanic Mexican or colonial-era documents