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Mexico commits $1.5B to U.S. to modernize border
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador committed to investing $1.5 billion to improve infrastructure at the US-Mexico border.
- López Obrador and President Biden’s meeting took place nearly a month after the Mexican president boycotted the Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S.
- The joint effort will span multiple projects between 2022 and 2024.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador committed on Tuesday to invest $1.5 billion in “smart” technology at the U.S.-Mexico border following a meeting with President Joe Biden.
The two leaders released a joint statement that said they would fund a joint infrastructure effort to improve security and efficiency at the southern border.
The statement said that the bipartisan infrastructure law Biden signed into law last fall would contribute $3.4 billion to 26 modernization projects at land ports of entry and that Mexico agreed to invest $1.5 billion in “border infrastructure” over the next two years.
“Borders that are more resilient, more efficient, and safer, will enhance our shared commerce,” the joint statement read. “We are committed like never before to completing a multi-year joint U.S.-Mexico border infrastructure modernization effort for projects along the 2,000-mile border.”
“The joint effort seeks to align priorities, unite border communities, and make the flow of commerce and people more secure and efficient,” the statement continued.
Biden and López Obrador met in the Oval Office earlier Tuesday to discuss a wide range of issues not limited to migration and border security. The meeting took place nearly a month after López Obrador boycotted the Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. after Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela were not invited.
Biden, who has withstood criticism for the record number of border crossings under his administration, touted his efforts to disrupt drug traffickers and human smuggling networks.
“We’ve had a major anti-smuggling operation underway since April, targeting human smugglers who traffic in people, drugs and weapons,” Biden said. “Towards this effort, we’ve deployed 1,300 additional personnel, conducted 20,000 disruption operations, and we’ve made over 3,000 arrests, all since April.”
The statement also said that the two leaders agreed to improve supply chains, address climate change and ease inflation through actions on trade.
Biden and López Obrador also reiterated efforts to crack down on human smuggling networks, citing the recent deaths of 53 migrants in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio.
López Obrador also met separately with Vice President Harris, who is leading U.S. efforts to address the root causes of migration.
Source: ABC News
Mike Tracy
July 15, 2022 at 8:18 am
Mexico’s contribution to the border issue is a cheap shot, considering it’s Mexico’s citizens that need to be corralled. I certainly don’t blame these people for wanting to get away from Mexico’s corruption in drugs, dirty cops, and crooked politicians, but they’re bringing Mexico’s problems with them. The US is well on its way to being just like Mexico if we don’t stop this chaos Obama started when he successfully convinced BLM and Antifa idiots that George Floyd was a saint instead of the POS criminal that he really was. This country is out of control, and that’s exactly what Obama wants the citizens to suffer through in his attempts to convince the public that the Second Amendment needs to be abolished. Biden is carrying on with Obama’s plan by refusing to punish people for breaking the law. It’s not really Biden that’s responsible, though. Obama and Hillary put Biden in office knowing that his dementia would make him vulnerable to their direction and persuasions to implement the new world order of Socialism. All the gun violence is exactly what Oboma is pulling Biden’s strings to allow until the public as a whole demands the Second Amendment be abolished. After all, Obama can’t implement this new world order of Socialism as long as there’s still citizens with guns that seem to think they have a right to be free. Wasn’t the Second Amendment in the constitution to protect the constitution as it is written? Don’t you citizens think it’s about time the Second Amendment is implemented to stop Obama and Bidens devious manuever to turn the United States into a Socialistic Country? If the Biden Administration isn’t going to implement law and order, the citizens will have to. The border issue needs to be resolved by any means necessary!
John ash
July 15, 2022 at 12:28 pm
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Laurence J. Zimnisky Sr.
July 15, 2022 at 12:39 pm
It would be equally beneficial to both countries if the reinforcement was at Mexico’s southern border. Mexico is caught in the middle, literally.
jason george
July 15, 2022 at 9:16 am
What a load of crap. Illegal immigration is 4 times worse than it was just 18 months ago and it is ALL because of Biden. This was obviously done just for the camera because Biden has done almost everything he can to make the situation worse.
bruce
July 15, 2022 at 9:29 am
VIA his policies, Joe has been committing treason for 18 months by not securing our borders along with his DHS secretary. He ignores our immigration laws to this day as well as policies he voided that were security oriented like title 42. You want kids in cages? You got them as Biden revived that policy from Obama. Now they send illegals all over the country on our tax payer dollars. This is an invasion and he has not acted. 2 million and more crossers would be considered an invasion any where. These are all breaches of his oath of office. There are impeachable offenses.
Mike Tracy
July 15, 2022 at 9:49 am
Hopefully, that happens in November when the house and senate turns blood red. Impeach that POS and send Bobama and Obiden to guantanamo bay for treason and insurrection. Obama will lose control of Bidens strings. Hillary needs a ticket to go with them, and as long as there’s a house cleaning, fifteen Rinos need a taxidermist.
tj
July 15, 2022 at 10:29 am
Rather than throwing more money at this problem WHY not just reapply money that was set aside for the WALL and complete project, Then and only then implement new projects. The only true deterrent is a physical wall
jim
July 15, 2022 at 11:37 am
what Mexico should pay is one hundred times that amount – it should be 100 billion dollars to start – the wastewater that flows from TJ to the southern border of imperial; beach – coronado area and the beach called silver strand should have been stopped yrs ago – the silver strand area is where the naval seals train — these waterways are filled with contamination of fecal matter and these areas have been shut down more days than have been open in the last 4 yrs to the public —biden is useless- 1.5 billion is a drop in the bucket to start – they should just down the border every day it goes unclean – so far from estimates the border crossing should be closed down from entering and leaving the US for the next 3 yrs straight –
BuckFiden
July 15, 2022 at 3:46 pm
Well well well. Look who wants to spend on security at the border. Too little, too late. Let’s Go Brandon!
Patty
July 16, 2022 at 10:45 pm
Biden doesn’t want the border secure, and the Mexican President is just blowing smoke. The ONlY infrastructure needed at the border is the damned wall! So where will that money go? To the demonrats! They won’t use it to protect the border, or build the wall. Maybe some for the ports of entry, but not much. They are both lying, trying to get people to believe they are doing something.
Timbuktu58
July 19, 2022 at 1:34 am
It is about time that:
(1) Any non-Mexican illegal immigrant invading the country should be repelled unless he/she can provide documentary evidence that they have been denied asylum/residency in Mexico and all other countries they have passed through in accordance with international law.
(2) Any illegal Mexican immigrant invading the country should have some form of identification to ensure their antecedents in Mexico can be checked and verified before processing is completed and permanent stay authorized.
(3) Any illegal Mexican immigrant allowed to stay temporarily shall be detained under CBP/ICE Control (no is, ands or buts) pending final adjudication of their case.
(4) Supervision and Services during such detention shall not be contracted to any NGO or Private Sector entity. Congress shall provide adequate funding to ensure compliance with laws relating to treatment of detainees irrespective of the magnitude every year.
(5) Custom and Border Patrol Union should notify the brainless Mayorkas that effective 01 August 2022 they will stop providing baby-sitting and Welcome Wagon services to the invading crowd and perform the work in their hiring documents to Patrol and Defend the Border of the United States. If necessary, they will use force in light of the Biden Administration’s Immigration policies being in conflict with the law of the land.
Gwyllim
July 20, 2022 at 8:11 pm
Joe just need extra gas money to get the illegal criminals spread out into the country.