Keys to understanding Mexican immigration policy in the times of López Obrador

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the immigration policy of the early years of President López Obrador’s government in Mexico. It shows that in addition to the humanitarian rhetoric with which his government began in relation to immigrants, the government’s view of the executive does not have this sector in its political map, which explains the pragmatic decisions that this government has made in its difficult relationship in the matter with the United States. The multiple political events that occurred one after the other in a dizzying way in a short period of government, given the decision to radically change the type of government that Mexico had for years, decisions that go beyond the migratory flow itself.