MEXICO CITY, Oct 6 (Reuters) – The United States government does not want to build new sections of wall on its border with Mexico, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday, expressing doubts that the planned construction will go ahead. cape.
“It’s pure publicity,” López Obrador said at a regular morning news conference after the Biden administration announced it would build additional sections of the border wall, carrying forward a signature policy of the Trump administration.
A high-ranking delegation of US officials met on Thursday with their Mexican counterparts, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“They don’t want to (build more sections of the wall), that’s what they told us,” López Obrador said.
US President Joe Biden stated on Thursday that the funds allocated for construction were appropriated by Congress and that, by law, he could not redirect the money.
A member of the Texas National Guard stands guard with the purpose of inhibiting the crossing of migrants into the United States on the banks of the Rio Grande, the border between Mexico and the United States. REUTERS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said on Friday that he doubts that the planned construction of a border wall will take place.via REUTERS US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that the funds allocated for construction were allocated by Congress and that, by law, he could not redirect the money. Leigh Vogel – Pool via CNP / MEGA
Biden, when he took office in 2021, promised that “no more American taxpayer dollars would be diverted to build a border wall.”
The president of Mexico added that in the meetings the day before, the Mexican delegation expressed that Mexico “does not believe that (the additional construction of the border wall) is the answer to the immigration problem.”
“We have always talked about addressing the root causes,” López Obrador said.
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