Migrant caravan: Mexico presses US to reform immigration approaches
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has asked the US to make significant changes to its movement strategy as a large number of travelers were obstructed by police in neighboring Guatemala.
Mr Lopez Obrador said he was confident that Duly elected president Joe Biden would consent to work with Mexico and different nations on the issue.
Around 7,000 travelers, generally from Honduras, have entered Guatemala.
They desire to make a trip on to Mexico and in the end arrive at the US line.
Consistently, a huge number of Focal American travelers attempt to arrive at the US, frequently by walking, in gatherings known as "parades".
They state they are escaping mistreatment, viciousness and neediness in their nations of origin. Conditions have been exacerbated by the demolition created by two colossal storms that battered Focal America last November.
In comments on Monday, Mr Lopez Obrador encouraged the US to change its approaches on migration.
"I think the opportunity has arrived for the responsibility [to migration reform] to be satisfied, and that is the thing that we trust," he said.
"In Joe Biden's mission, he offered to conclude migration change and I trust that he can accomplish this. That is the thing that I trust."
He said his administration would attempt to prevent travelers from intersection into Mexico yet added that the privileges, all things considered, should be regarded.
In Guatemala on Monday, security powers separated a band of around 4,000 generally Honduran transients who had been stayed outdoors close to the town of Vado Hondo.
Witnesses said officials, beating their implement against their shields, attempted to constrain the gathering back toward the Honduran line, about 50km (31 miles) away.
The travelers dispersed yet a few tossed stones at police who reacted by terminating poisonous gas.
The band had been kept down in the region since Saturday and was obstructing a key street, causing a long tail-back of traffic. Conflicts broke out on Sunday as a portion of the transients attempted to compel their way past police lines.
Addressing correspondents, Guatemalan unfamiliar priest Pedro Brolo encouraged the Honduran government to help guarantee "a deliberate and safe section home for those in this parade".
President Donald Trump has refused to compromise against unlawful movement, particularly along the southern US line with Mexico. He has likewise squeezed Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to take action against northward travelers.
Mr Biden has pledged to end the exacting movement arrangements of his archetype yet his organization, which will get to work on Wednesday, has cautioned travelers not to make the excursion since strategies won't change for the time being.