The surprising answer, which the migrants provided independently in different places and at different times, was universal: on Sunday, September 12, the Mexican government effectively sent a mass of migrants it had bottled up for months in its southern states up to the American border.
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A casual move such as suspending deterring strategies under cover of a holiday, or perhaps for the express purpose of transferring a humanitarian burden to the United States, indicates a diplomatic failure by the Biden administration in choosing carrots rather than Trump’s stick in dealing with Mexico. The move hints at how Mexico’s leadership regards the Biden administration’s quid pro quo arrangements of aid for help with illegal immigration from Guatemala.
But knowing what happened also gives the Biden administration choices beyond merely adding fleets of buses to reduce the swelling population of the Del Rio encampment. They will be diplomatic choices in how the Biden administration might respond to the Mexican move, if at all. Will Mexico release huge populations of inconvenient migrants again someday?
Probably better to read the whole, not long, article.
MichelleObamasPenis 0 points 2.6 years ago
40 km (25 miles). Wasn't comparing the effort - it's a completely different kettle of fish, USA has a VAST border - just comparing politically: They'd gone and done it.