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Mexican president demands $20B, work permits for 10M Hispanics in exchange for immigration help

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador issued a lengthy series of demands detailing what the U.S. must offer in exchange for Mexico's help in stemming the flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Lopez Obrador's demands came during a Friday press conference, which came roughly a week after he met with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Mexico City in late December. The U.S. officials requested that Mexico boost its assistance in stopping illegal immigration.

Lopez Obrador responded by demanding the U.S. give $20 billion to Latin American and Caribbean countries, grant work visas to 10 million Hispanics who have worked in the U.S. for at least 10 years, end sanctions against Venezuela and halt the blockade of Cuba.

Fuck NY and NYC. I'm glad my relatives that are still there (WHY???) understand when I tell them that I won't set foot in NY again because of their crappy government. Otherwise I'm a 3rd generation NY'er whose grandparents left Europe to get away from Joseph Stalin.