Biden opened his visit to the North American leaders summit with a diplomatic gesture that landed well with his host, Mexico’s Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
plan to turn away people from four nations who cross illegally into the United States.
Sullivan said Monday the trip would be "a good opportunity for President Biden to deepen his personal engagement with President Lopez Obrador and Prime Minister Trudeau."U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela The two leaders took the long drive into the city center in Biden's limousine. López Obrador was fascinated by the presidential vehicle known as "the beast," and said Biden showed it off to him.The Mexican president described the two leaders' first encounter of the trip as "very pleasant," and he said "President Biden is a friendly person."
. The visit was highly controlled and seemed designed to showcase a smooth operation to process migrants entering legally, weed out smuggled contraband and humanely treat those who've entered illegally. That would create a counter-narrative to Republicans’ claims of a crisis situation equivalent to an open border.For the first time as President, Biden visits the U.S.-Mexico border.
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