Biden broke his promise and restarted wall construction with Mexico

The decision had been known since June, but became official Wednesday night when a document signed by Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was published in the official gazette. It is protected by a law passed in 2006 that gives the president the power to ignore these federal regulations. AND donald trump He frequently benefited from this authority during his tenure. 724 kilometers Removing the wall was one of the most important promises of the Republican campaign for president, but this is the first time a Democratic leader has used it.

“Under My Rule No walls more than one meter (30 centimeters) will be built“Biden said in August 2020, and a few months later on his first day in the White House, he assured that “building a massive wall covering the entire southern border is not a serious political solution.”

On the same Thursday, Biden responded: A resounding “no” when asked if he believes walls workand tried to explain his decision as follows: money was already allocated in 2019 He said that he used it for construction and although he tried to use it for other purposes he was not successful.

Protests and crisis

Biden’s unfulfilled promise anyway angered many activists and Democratic politicians As Texas representative Henry Cuéllar assured, “the border wall is a border wall.”The 14th century’s solution to the 21st century’s problem“and he said this”will not improve border security in the district.”

Management also noted that “currently there is a acute and urgent need To build physical barriers and roads near the border for this purpose. Prevent illegal entry”According to Mayorkas’ statements in the official document.

Last year’s official figures are about to be announced, but it is known that it has started to rise again after the decline in the summer months. Inside September It is estimated that annual maximum apprehending undocumented immigrants More than 200,000, 50,000 of them Venezuelan. And just last Saturday, 9,000 units were produced.

The situation raised the situation Biden is being pressured queried by Republicans but alsor democratic leaders like JB Pritzker, Governor of IllinoisTexas sent 15,000 immigrants or New York City Mayor Eric Adams, The city has failed to respond to the mass arrival of asylum-seeking migrants, whose number approached 120,000 last year and is now approaching 120,000. 600 per day.

“The federal government’s lack of intervention and coordination at the border, unsustainable situation“Pritzker wrote a letter to Biden this Monday. Adams is running a project type MexicanColombia and Ecuador Trying to prevent immigrants from traveling to the United States. The first New York mayor is one of them. toughened up his message Although he discredited his top advisor for calling for “closing the borders,” he reminded that this was not official municipal policy.

Politics and campaigning

Immigration is one of the issues on the agenda of the trip and the meetings held in Mexico this Thursday. Secretary of State Antony Blinken; Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodríguez and Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena Ibarra. And this is a central question in social and also political life. Many Republicans in Congress, currently paralyzed, Up-and-coming speaker Jim Jordanthey have conditioned for example, the approval of new aid packages Ukraine Investing in border security.

The same goes for another issue discussed in bilateral talks that plays a central role in the 2024 election campaign; HE fentanyl. At least three candidates (former presidents) from several Republican and conservative entities for the 2024 presidential election Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy) have advocated for the U.S. military to take action against cartels inside Mexico.. Democratic congressman Joaquín Castro will respond to this allegation this Friday, and he himself will introduce a resolution in the Lower House calling for “respect for Mexico’s sovereignty and condemning calls for military action without Mexico’s consent or the consent of Congress.”