President Obrador of Mexico Says They are Overwhelmed With Migrants - Requests Emergency Meeting With Biden
You know things are bad when the Mexican government says they are overwhelmed at their southern border with 10,000 global migrants arriving daily en route to the United States southern border. The Mexicans are looking for Joe Biden to try and stem the flow; while the White House says, “Listen Fats, nothing to see here”.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has requested a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart to discuss the migration crisis that has “overwhelmed” his country, his foreign minister said Friday. The meeting would occur in Washington when López Obrador attends a summit of Latin American leaders, to be convened by US President Joe Biden on November 3.
López Obrador wants to discuss “legal paths” to address the humanitarian situation facing hundreds of thousands of people who have recently attempted to make their way to the United States and to study the ways in which they can request asylum, as well as work visas for the agricultural sector.
Mexico is being “overwhelmed” by the arrival of migrants to its territory, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said at a press conference during the UN General Assembly in New York. Around 9,000 arrive in the country’s southern border every day, around 3,000 of whom have traversed the Darien Gap, a dense jungle on the border between Colombia and Panama.
Another 8,000 arrive at the northern border with the United States every day. “Yesterday 11,000 arrived,” Barcena said. “This exceeds any capacity, no matter how much Mexico wants to do a good job.”
This year, Mexico expects to process 140,000 asylum applications. “It’s overwhelming,” Barcena stated, pointing to the money she said Mexico spends to support these migrants while they apply for documents to enter the United States, find employment, or return to their countries of origin after rejection by the United States.
“We need help,” she said, urging Washington to lift sanctions on Venezuela to help curb the exodus of migrants. She also called for action in the Darien Gap, because “it is where the largest flow of migrants” from Venezuela comes through, pushing for coordination with Panama and Colombia.
This is likely the reason why Obama is retreating from supporting Joe Biden. The arsonist watches from the field. The Cloward and Piven strategy is about overwhelming systems, and then letting government fix a crisis of their own making. “Never let a good crisis go to waste”, and if you don’t have one, create one.
