Efforts to resolve the U.S.-Mexico border crisis are underway following Title 42's expiration. But sending troops to the border is a strategy that has been critiqued. “It seems they were caught really without a plan,” said Tony Payan, Center for the U.S. & Mexico director.
Title 42 is set to expire on May 11, but migrant numbers at the border are expected to double. Instability in migrants' home countries, not White House policies, will determine how many asylum seekers arrive at the border, Center for the U.S. & Mexico director Tony Payan said.
As Mexican President López Obrador calls on the U.S. to address “moral decay,” attention turns to the forthcoming election. His tendency to recall past incidents fuels people to get “riled up for next year’s election,” Center for the U.S. and Mexico director Tony Payan said.
The trilateral summit, said Center for the U.S. and Mexico director Tony Payan, “shows that Biden is very serious about engaging both Canada and Mexico again, leaving the relative isolationism of the Trump administration behind.”
As Biden meets with leaders of Mexico and Canada, the focus on the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border remains. “They're going to have to talk about whether Mexico is serious about immigration or not,” Center for the U.S. and Mexico director Tony Payan said.