Report: AMLO Using Caravans as Leverage As He Offers to Help Biden Lobby U.S. Congress to Legalize Illegals

Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) has promised to help win amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in the United States while reportedly using migrant caravans to pressure White House officials.

Some immigration experts suggested last week that the Mexican government is using the caravans as “leverage” with U.S. President Joe Biden’s team, currently facing strong political headwinds driven by sinking approval ratings, largely over its handling of immigration issues.

As Breitbart News reported last month, Mexico has leverage in negotiations with the Biden administration in part because President Joe Biden’s border officials at the Department of Homeland Security favor migration and are deeply reluctant to physically stop migrants.

The U.S. leader “has a commitment to regularize the status of 11 million [illegal] immigrants [in the United States],” the Mexican president declared in a video message.

“We are going to help so that the United States Congress backs President Biden,” AMLO added in the video disseminated on social media last Tuesday, noting that amnesty would require the approval of U.S. lawmakers.- READ MORE