Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador used his microphone as host of the 10th North American Leaders’ Summit to criticize former President Donald Trump and other Republicans over their immigration policies amid a surge in illegal border crossings.
During his opening remarks at the post-summit press conference, Lopez Obrador expressed his gratitude toward President Joe Biden for being the first U.S. president “in a very long time” who “has not built even 1 meter of wall” between their respective countries. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was also present.
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“We thank you for that, sir,” Lopez Obrador said Tuesday in Mexico City, according to translators. “Although the conservatives don’t like it.”
Lopez Obrador, who has repeatably spoken frankly to Biden in front of reporters during the two-day summit, went on to encourage his counterpart “to regularize the migration situations of millions of Mexicans” who have been working and living in the United States and “contributing to the development of that great nation.”
During a roughly 24-minute response to one reporter’s question, a much longer answer than any of those provided by the other two leaders, Lopez Obrador criticized Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) for busing and flying immigrants around the country.
“This is completely inhuman,” he said. “This should not be done.”
Lopez Obrador, who snubbed last year’s Summit of the Americas hosted by Biden in Los Angeles, earlier implored the president to “do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” seeking more aid.
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“President Biden, you hold the key in your hand to open and to substantially improve the relationship among all the countries of the American continent,” he said before their bilateral meeting Monday.
