Países latinoamericanos piden en México terminar con políticas migratorias "selectivas" | AFP

A dozen Latin American countries asked the nations that receive irregular migration, such as the United States, to review their migratory policy. At the end of a regional meeting in Mexico, which included Colombia, Cuba, Honduras and Venezuela, the host chancellor detailed some agreements reached to try to regulate the flow of undocumented people. Although the final document of the summit does not expressly cite the United States, that is the destination that most of the 1.7 million migrants who, according to Mexico, have reached their territory this year, fleeing poverty or violence in their countries, have sought. I make a call to the countries of destination to adopt migratory policies and practices in accordance with the current reality of our region, and to abandon those inconsistent and selective to avoid arbitrarily producing both calls and dissuasive effects, such as the regularization of certain nationalities. Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that in 2024 a new meeting will be held in Bogotá, where he will convene other countries in the south of the continent. Trying to deepen what has already begun to be built here. That common policy in the elements of the current meeting is based on the rights of the migrant. Tapachula, a border city with Guatemala and the first point where migrants are concentrated, was the scene of a parallel protest to the meeting, where piñatas with faces of officials were burned. While Maduro goes to his press conference eating well, we Venezuelans have to sacrifice our lives to be able to eat. The migratory crisis is one of the obstacles that the US President Joe Biden faces towards re-election in 2024, with constant accusations from Republicans and even allies that he has failed in that field. The president asked Congress on Friday for $13.6 billion to strengthen the border with Mexico, manage irregular migration and fight fentanyl.