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The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador , announced that next week he will send a letter to Joe Biden to ask that the causes of the migration crisis be addressed now.
“ This is how I am going to bring it up again to President Biden, next week at the latest I will send him a letter because we cannot just be stopping , retaining, it is necessary to attend to the causes, people do not leave their villages for the pleasure, they do not abandon their family for pleasure, they do it out of necessity ”, he pointed out.
From the National Palace, Andrés Manuel López Obrador insisted that his program “Sowing Life” , where you could give 330, migrant work and temporary visas from the United States just for planting fruit trees such and timber, could be applied to Central American countries, which, he said, would help minimize the migratory flow.
“A commitment from the United States government that those who enroll in these programs of these 330 thousand, in a first stage, they will have in a suitable time when ordered the guaranteed temporary work visa program ”, he argued.
After being questioned about the recent attacks by federal agents on migrants in Chiapas , Andrés Manuel López Obrador He said that his government tries to “keep” the migrants in the southeast of the country because if they continue their journey to the United States they run “many risks of violation of human rights , especially on the northern border. ”
“ We are doing work to contain the migratory influx as far as possible masters and at the same time we continue to insist with the United States Government so that it is attended as soon as possible so that action is given and opportunities are given to those who by necessity have to leave their villages, ”he commented.
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