1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Mexico: Challenges for U.S. Policymakers in 2021 Updated March 25, 2021 Mexico, a top U.S. trade partner and neighbor, could play a key role in addressing several challenges facing U.S. policymakers in 2021. During a virtu
2、al meeting on March 1, President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador and President Biden committed to collaborate on bilateral and regional migration issues and on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response and recovery, while reaffirming the importance of security cooperation. High-level officials from bot
3、h countries held migration talks on March 23 focused on addressing root causes of migration and determining steps Mexico could take to interdict some U.S.-bound migrant flows. President Biden also is asking Mexico to accept migrant families expelled under current pandemic-related restrictions on asy
4、lum processing. Migration The Trump Administrations approach to Mexico de-emphasized human rights and corruption concerns in favor of a narrow focus on migration control. Under the threat of U.S. tariffs, the Lpez Obrador administration accommodated U.S. border and asylum policy changes that shifted