The President of the US House of Representatives, Republican Mike Johnson, called this Monday the immigration proposal of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador “absurd” and said that Mexico should be “forced” to cooperate.

Thus, Johnson responded on social networks to Lopez Obrador’s interview with CBS, in which he asked the United States to invest $20 billion annually in the development of Latin America, lift sanctions on Venezuela, end the embargo on Cuba and legalize Mexicans in its territory to stop immigration .

“President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposal to strengthen border security is absurd,” chided the Republican, who said the US was facing a “humanitarian catastrophe.”

According to Johnson, López Obrador is “babysitting the cartels” and “demanding that the United States finance mass migration” to US soil.

For this reason, he called on the US President, Democrat Joe Biden, to put aside “empty rhetoric” and follow in the footsteps of former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021), who, in his opinion, really knew how to use his “influence” in Mexico.

“We must use all our influence to force the Mexican government to cooperate,” Johnson said.

Immigration crossings along the Mexico-US border, which reached record levels last year, have become a central issue in the US presidential campaign in November, in which Biden will seek re-election against Trump, for whom he has a pronounced antipathy. – immigration speech.

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