Should Biden pay the Mexican president’s $20 billion demand or get tougher on immigration? Americans weigh in

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Americans shared whether or not President Biden ought to give in to the Mexican president’s demand for $20 billion a 12 months for Latin American international locations in trade for assist combating the unlawful immigration disaster, with many telling Fox News that complying with a overseas nation’s ultimatum would make the U.S. look weak. 

“I don’t think we should pay their demands,” Andy instructed Fox News on Music City’s well-known Broadway road. “It’s our issue they’re coming over, but it’s their issue for letting them come over. It would be like we are submitting to them.”

But a Nashville native, Chris, disagreed. He stated the U.S. and Mexico have to work collectively to unravel the immigration disaster. 

“It helps us, too. It benefits us, too,” he stated. “We spend money everywhere else, so why not?”

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador stated in a “60 Minutes” interview Sunday that the surge of migrants crossing into the U.S. will proceed until Biden and his administration comply along with his calls for. Obrador had referred to as on the U.S. to ship $20 billion a 12 months to Latin American international locations, raise sanctions on Venezuela, finish the Cuban embargo and legalize hundreds of thousands of Hispanics who’ve labored and lived in the U.S. for at the least a decade.

Mexican officers stated complying would assist the U.S. present it wished to handle the root causes of migration, NBC reported.

“I think we can do it ourselves,” Gary instructed Fox News. “We can control it ourselves if we get off our butts and do it.” 

Tony equally stated the U.S. should not comply, however questioned whether or not Biden would give into Mexican calls for.

“There’s a border crossing for a reason,” Tony stated. “Biden’s weak. Bottom line.” 

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador argued on “60 Minutes” that Latin America should have sure wants met to curb the migrant disaster. (March 2024 migrant caravan photograph by ISAAC GUZMAN/AFP through Getty Images, Obrador screenshot from CBS’ “60 Minutes”)

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The U.S. has confronted an ongoing migrant surge at the southern border beneath Biden’s watch, reaching a document 2.4 million migrant encounters in fiscal 12 months 2023, a pointy uptick from roughly 1.7 million in 2021, in keeping with Customs and Border Protection knowledge. In December, migrant encounters hit a document 302,000 for the month.

CBP additionally recorded the highest variety of migrant encounters in the month of February this 12 months at 189,922 encounters, a 21% enhance from the 12 months prior, the knowledge present. Border officers additionally encountered 69 individuals on the FBI terror watchlist between ports of entry at the southern border in the first 5 months of this fiscal 12 months — considerably greater than the mixed 26 caught from 2017 to 2021. 

“I don’t think they should help at all,” Nol stated of the U.S. authorities. “It would make us look weak.”

Chris agreed. He stated the U.S. must get tougher on unlawful immigration. 

“Make them come through properly,” he stated. “I think we have everything in place.”

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But Gerald stated Biden ought to comply to handle the escalating border disaster. 

“Anything they can do to stop it,” he stated. “We can’t even sustain our own people with homeless … now we have the illegals coming across. It’s unsafe.” 

“Whether we gotta pay or complete the wall … it’s dangerous,” Gerald stated. “I would definitely help out.”