For decades, a vociferous defense of Mexican migrants in the United States has been a pillar of Mexican foreign policy. “We don’t want them to arrive in the north [where] they can be … victims of crime,” López Obrador told reporters earlier this week. Mexico’s president has generally shown little interest in foreign affairs — except for the crucial relationship with the United States. As a candidate for president, López Obrador said his government would take a humanitarian approach to migrants. On its southern border, Mexico is detaining record numbers of migrants.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2020 00:33 UTC