Migration Gets Short Shrift at Biden-AMLO Summit After Border Visit
- Biden says he, AMLO, Trudeau spent ‘lot of time’ on migration
- But AMLO says it was discussed ‘in very broad manner’
Joe Biden and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Zumpango de Ocampo, Mexico, on Jan. 8.
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US and Mexican cabinet officials ran out of time before discussing migration in a formal meeting in Mexico City on Monday, according to people familiar with the matter, leaving a major issue between the countries largely unaddressed.
Uncontrolled migration across the US southern border remains a political liability for President Joe Biden, and the topic was on the agenda for a formal meeting between the American leader, Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador and more than two dozen of their top aides in Mexico City, officials said.