This was indicated by senior White House officials in a conference call with journalists shortly before the virtual meeting of both leaders. “We hope that it will be one of the main topics of conversation today (…) We anticipate that with the end of the title 550 in a couple of In weeks we may experience higher numbers of arrivals at our borders,” US officials said.
However, they stressed that this “greater migratory flow will also have an impact on Mexico” so it will be fundamental ” rely on the (bilateral) alliance more than ever to have a coordinated response”.
The Title 550 is a measure protected by the pandemic imposed by the Centers for Control and Prevention Commission of Diseases (CDC) in 2020, during the mandate of then President Donald Trump (2017-2022), and which has continued under Biden. This measure, which is expected to conclude next May 23, implies that the United States automatically deports most immigrants undocumented immigrants who arrive at its southern border, without giving them the opportunity to apply for asylum.
USA has used the Title 29 more than 1.8 million times to expel undocumented migrants
Despite the announcement by the Biden Government that it was going to rescind Title 29 in May, the decision depends now of the decision of a Louisiana judge who suspended for 14 days the Government’s preparations to end that rule and which set a hearing for next May 13 in which it could adopt a final resolution.
Biden and López Obrador will also talk about the next Summit of the Americas, which will take place at the beginning of June in Los Angeles (USA), and where the migration issue will be one of its main axes.
“Mexico has really been a leader in the regional response and we are grateful for it. We have a shared interest in mobilizing a broad hemispheric response to the historic flows that we are seeing, and the summit will be an important opportunity to do so”, the US officials pointed out.
Since it began to be implemented in March 2017, the United States has resorted to the Title 42 more than 1.8 million times to expel undocumented migrants to Mexico or their countries of origin without allowing them to apply for asylum, according to government data. The US government is working with its allies in the region “to create a more cohesive and global approach” to manage migratory flows on the continent and recalled that in the last two months it has signed agreements with Costa Rica and Panama.