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Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's absence at the Americas Summit will raise doubts about "his ability to lead the rest of Latin America," said fellow Tony Payan.

While governments representing more than half of humanity have refused to take a side, "Mexico’s neutrality is not neutral,” said Mexico Center director Tony Payan. “Mexico is poking Washington in the eye.”

"The governor’s order to increase vehicle inspections at the border is inefficient and poses significant economic risk to the region," said fellow Tony Payan. "A better approach would be for the DPS to work with the Department of Homeland Security to assist with inspections without duplicating the work."

With a Trump-era COVID-19 immigration restriction set to end in May, U.S.-Mexico Center director Tony Payan said that "the Biden administration is preparing for a surge in immigrants at the border — ranging anywhere from the 6,000 per day the border sees currently, to as many as 18,000 per day."

PODCAST: Dozens of Mexican journalists covering drug cartels and corruption have been killed in retaliation over the past decade. Investigative journalist Peniley Ramírez joins host Enrique Ramírez to talk about the mechanisms in place to protect journalists and the relationship between Mexico's president and the media.