Mexican President Says Biden’s Asylum Policies Enriching Cartels

Mexican President Says Biden’s Asylum Policies Enriching Cartels
Dareli Matamoros, a girl from Honduras, holds a sign asking President Joe Biden to let her in during a migrant demonstration at San Ysidro crossing port in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on March 2, 2021. Guillermo Arias/AFP via Getty Images
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Mexico’s president is worried that Biden’s asylum policies are encouraging illegal immigration and the business of human trafficking along the border with the United States.
“They see him as the migrant president, and so many feel they’re going to reach the United States,” Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said of Biden the morning after a virtual meeting with his U.S. counterpart on March 1, according to Reuters.