Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on the White Home

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Calls for $20 billion a 12 months, amnesty, sanctions lifted

The president of Mexico, in an interview, has confirmed what primarily seems to be his try and blackmail the US into paying billions of {dollars}, or else the “flow of migrants will continue.”

A report at Fox News reveals that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador earlier demanded a collection of actions by the US to ensure that him to attempt to lower off a number of the hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens coming from Mexico into the US throughout its southern border.

Then simply days in the past, he mentioned in an look on 60 Minutes that if the U.S. fails to satisfy his calls for, “The flow of migrants will continue.”

The report mentioned Obrador, in latest weeks, has demanded that the U.S. give $20 billion a 12 months to Latin American nations, carry sanctions on Venezuela, finish the Cuban embargo and provides authorized standing in America to the hundreds of thousands of Mexicans who have already got entered illegally.

Fox reported that the unique calls for, which have been described by critics “blackmail,” got here in January when he made the calls for concerning billions in money, amnesty and extra.

“Mexico has reportedly taken some state-level action to curb mass migration at President Biden’s request, making crossings drop, however, the number of migrants began to rise again in February, with Border Patrol expecting another surge in the spring,” the report mentioned.

Interviewer Sharyn Alfonsi requested, “Everybody thinks you have the power in this moment to slow down migration. Do you plan to?”

He responded that the “root causes” should be addressed.

“Your critics have said what you’re doing, what you’re asking for to help secure the border, is diplomatic blackmail. What do you say?” Alfonsi requested.

He later appeared to contradict himself, confirming that even when these issues don’t occur, he’ll proceed to attempt to assist safe the border as a result of the connection between the nations is necessary.