The Mexican government is concerned that President Biden’s asylum policy encourages illegal immigration and provides revenue to drug cartels through human trafficking across the US border.
Mexico has asked the Biden government for help in providing development aid to Central America, as many of the migrants come from countries such as Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala seeking asylum in the US.
“They see him as the migrating president, and so many feel that they are going to reach the United States,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told Biden after their virtual meeting on March 1, according to Reuters.
“We need to work together to regulate the flow, because the business cannot be tackled from one day to the next,” Lopez Obrador added.
Some of Biden’s policies that concern the Mexican government include a rapid trace of citizenship for migrants living in the U.S., and support for victims of gang violence.
Internal reviews reviewed by Reuters – based on evidence and intelligence gathering – state that Mexican gangs have expanded their customers and watched over US measures that would encourage migration. Furthermore, they have developed a new tracking system to relocate migrants across the border between America and Mexico.
One Mexican official, who requested anonymity, told Reuters that the cartels used sophisticated smuggling methods “from the day Biden entered service”.
These strategies include keeping migrants abreast of the latest immigration rules, the use of technology to thwart authorities and the smuggling of activities as travel agencies, according to the assessments.
Reuters also reported that plastic wristbands, some labeled “arrivals” or “entries” in Spanish, were thrown away near Penitas, Texas, after illegal immigrants crossed the border.
“Migrants have become a commodity,” the official told the outlet. ‘But if a packet of drugs is lost in the sea, it’s gone. When migrants are lost, these are people we are talking about. ”