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Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Friday praised President Biden for being the “first president in america in current instances who has not constructed partitions.”
López Obrador made the comment whereas assembly with Biden in San Francisco, including that “we want to help the individuals of their international locations of origin when they’re pressured emigrate.”
“I wish to additionally take this chance to greet our paisanos, the Mexican migrants who’re dwelling and making a life and dealing in america,” he continued. “Round 40 million individuals have made america their second house, their second nation, and I might additionally like to tell those that will not be conscious of this that lately there are lots of Americans who’re transferring to Mexico to remain there or to dwell in Mexico.”
“So welcome, as a result of we’re brotherly international locations,” López Obrador added.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION APPROVES $950 MILLION IN CONTRACTS FOR BORDER WALL REPAIR, UPGRADES
President Biden, proper, meets with Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador on the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in San Francisco on Friday. (AP/Evan Vucci)
Biden stated whereas sitting subsequent to Mexico’s president, “We’re working aspect by aspect to fight arms trafficking, to sort out organized crime and to handle the opioid epidemic, together with fentanyl.”
The assembly comes two weeks after Fox Information Digital reported that the Biden administration authorised $950 million in contracts to restore and improve a part of present border wall development in Arizona, California and Texas, utilizing cash from Trump-era congressional appropriations.
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Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador described the U.S. and Mexico as “brotherly international locations.” (AP/Evan Vucci)
In courtroom paperwork, first reported by the New York Submit, the Division of Homeland Safety stated that Customs and Border Safety (CBP) has awarded contracts for restore work and “system attribute set up” within the San Diego, El Centro, El Paso and Tucson Sectors.
President Biden speaks with Customs and Border Safety officers as he visits the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, on Jan. 8. (JIM WATSON/AFP by way of Getty Pictures)
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Remediation work consists of closing gaps, putting in gates and enhancing roads and drainage techniques. “System attribute set up” consists of placing in cameras, roads and detection expertise to boost the border wall. Different contracts embody putting in anti-climb options on the wall in San Diego, IT assist and environmental planning. Not one of the cash was awarded for extra wall development.
Fox Information’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox Information Digital.
