Outgoing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has criticised former president Donald Trump‘s flagship border wall policy and said employment is the key to addressing the migrant crisis.
In his final State of the Nation address, López Obrador emphasized the importance of supporting poor communities as a route to addressing the root causes of mass migration.
In an apparent swipe at Trump, Lopez Obrador said that problems could not be solved with “walls or militarizing borders”.
It comes after Mexico paused diplomatic relations with the US after its ambassador criticized López Obrador’s proposal to elect judges through popular vote.
The Biden-Harris administration resumed building Trump’s border wall after President Joe Biden described it as a “waste of money.”
Immigration is playing a central role as campaigning intensifies for the United States election in November, with Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris offering policy proposals designed to satisfy a bipartisan appetite for immigration curbs.
Harris has pledged to revive the bipartisan …