White House says it’s putting US first in face of Mexico’s migrant demands
The White House on Thursday emphasized that it has a “constructive” relationship with Mexico and puts U.S. interests first in policy decisions, after the Mexican president made a number of demands related to immigration policy. He emphasized that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked President Biden to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela and […]
“Diplomatic blackmail” Mexico’s president U.S. border crisis
While the Biden administration has been unable to find a solution to the crisis at the southern border, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has offered one. The solution: the United States pledging $20 billion in aid to poor countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, lifting sanctions on Venezuela and the Cuban embargo, and […]
Mexico’s president says Trump won’t build border wall: ‘It doesn’t work’
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he does not believe former President Donald Trump will follow through on his promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, citing the two countries’ economic ties. “Because we understood each other very well. We signed economic and commercial agreements that were win-win for both people, for […]
Speaker Johnson fires back at Mexico’s president, rips ‘widespread emigration out of his country’
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday criticized Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador and his recommendations to the United States on how to deal with the border crisis. Obrador said the U.S. will eliminate sanctions on Venezuela, end the embargo on Cuba, grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants from Mexico living in the U.S., and support […]
Mexico’s leftist president tries to extort America, demanding policy concessions and cash for help with border
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has about six months left in his term. In the meantime, he will continue to alienate the United States and favor his homegrown terrorist cartels. Mr. Obrador said Friday that he would not fight Mexican drug cartels at the request of the U.S. government, suggesting that doing so would […]
Far from the border, Mexico’s safest state is moving closer to the US
Mexico’s safest state is betting big on nearshoring in hopes of luring foreign investors fed up with rising crime and government corruption in other parts of the country. Yucatan, which covers about one-third of its namesake peninsula, has historically had low crime, partly due to its geographic isolation from the rest of the country. But […]
Exclusive Photos Provide Look Inside Mexico’s Deadly Immigration Center
Allegations of abuse, negligence and human rights violations persist at Mexico’s largest immigration agency. Last week, authorities tried to cover up negligence in the facility’s second death in as many weeks. The facility, known as the SigloXXI immigration center in Tapachula, Chiapas, is listed by many human rights groups as a secret detention facility used […]
Board taps next superintendent for New Mexico’s largest school district
The Albuquerque Public Schools Board on Monday named the district’s current chief operations officer as its new superintendent. Utah school district responds to allegations it hides students’ gender from parents Gabriela Duran-Blakey will replace current Superintendent Scott Elder, whose contract expires on June 30th. Elder has led New Mexico’s largest school district for more than […]
It’s Mexico’s big moment, but violence and truck-jackings are scaring away investors
It's impressive how much the business relationship between the United States and Mexico has developed over the past 15 years. However, it is unfortunate to see how Mexico is squandering an opportunity to fundamentally transform its economy in this era of supply chain restructuring and nearshoring. I'm an executive at an insurance company specializing in […]
Biden is begging for Mexico’s help with the border (and his reelection)
In the midst of one of the worst national security, immigration, and public safety crises in U.S. history, President Biden's attempts to manage the crisis at the southern border are actually making the situation worse. At this point, he is empowering the very authoritarian regimes responsible for coordinating the flow of refugees and immigrants into […]