Undoing Trump-Era Policies is Not Enough to Transform the Immigration System
On March 1, 2020 President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador held a virtual summit to discuss pressing issues key to the U.S.-Mexico bilateral relationship, among them migration. The leaders agreed to cooperate and develop collaborative mechanisms to stem and manage the flow of irregular migration, particularly from Central America, by addressing the root causes of migration. While Biden’s politics on migration are not overtly anti-immigrant compared to those of his predecessor, the new president and his Mexican counterpart have a long way towards reshaping and tr...