In his morning press conference at the National Palace, the President responded to a question on the immigration issue and the situation of foreigners in Mexico with the dangers it poses, such as the recent kidnapping of 32 migrants, most of them Venezuelans.
López Obrador explained that Mexico's approach to the United States is to integrate the entire continent. If it's already been proven that North America is successful, then why not all of America? And that is exactly what we are proposing to Washington and Canada, because it will regulate the immigration situation.
In addition, it is also very realistic not to allow the exploitation of workers who are legalized, starting with those who have been working in the United States for more than ten years and are not recognized, he added.
We have proposed something, he said, and now we want to move forward. Two things: firstly, to reach an agreement with neighboring governments who have good relations with us to be able to apply support programs so that we can work together, and we are doing that.
Second: containment, that is, the migrants are more in the southeast of Mexico so that they do not have to cross the country to the north due to the risk of organized crime and traffic accidents due to the poor condition of the trucks and the people suffer a lot.
The other measures proposed are to allocate a budget of 20 billion dollars for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and to ask the US Congress to present a welfare and structural development plan, but they do not do this, on the contrary they question it.
Also, regularize at least 10 million compatriots who have been honestly working in the United States for more than 10 years.
Lift the economic and trade blockade against Cuba and begin a bilateral dialogue, remove the country from the list of terrorist countries, abandon these fears and admit the danger the island may pose to the United States or any other country.
In this context, the question was asked: How is a people sacrificed for political and ideological interests? Can't there be a dialogue of understanding, a relationship of respect?
This involves the lifting of all sanctions against Venezuela. How many Venezuelans were among the 32 abducted? Adhering to these four points will get to the bottom of the problem, he said. Oh, some party won't like it! Yes, but the people who matter will like it because they are the citizen reserves and know that it means facing the problem as such and not managing the conflict, as is happening now.
I believe, he said, that the members of the US Congress are shouting that it is about a human policy with a social dimension and that it is time to abandon this policy of 200 years ago, the hegemony of blockades, constraints, This is from the Middle Ages. And it has nothing to do with today's world, nor does the irrationality of wars.