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or is there insight or enough space to examine the social phenomenon of illegal migrations that, being millennial, is ardently current. It burned in prehistoric times, in medieval times and it burns today on every continent, whether it is recognized or not. This is one of the black faces in the history of man.
Painfully, the misunderstanding of its depth and the general selfishness have made its management difficult, both for the receiving peoples and for the beings who walk suffering. There is a devastating truth about so many prejudices: the history of migration has made the history of humanity.
Faced with this resounding truth, for millennia, peoples and rulers have encountered conflict. It takes a lot of time and pain, but acceptance takes over. This is usually slow, cruel and painful, harassed by acts of atrocious discrimination to the extreme of homophobia, but for today the great international crime is still in control. He dictates what to do and the authority reacts.
There are tens of thousands of migrants on our northern border. They are more foreigners than Mexicans, but even so, they are by doctrine and constitutional text, entitled to equal guarantees. Our laws do not make distinctions, which is not always understood by certain segments of the population.
In this environment, political discourse is already beginning to violate, when acts of migrant control are attributed to pressure from the United States (EU), which, coldly stated, has great signs of being true. This reality contradicts the hasty welcome of our government three years ago. The archaic idea of full sovereignty is not imaginable in this century. Few recognize it.
In this growing maelstrom, one must think about the impact that migrations have for President Joe Biden and his party in the face of the elections in November 2022.
Add your intentions to avoid him first softly, as he is, but when the problem harasses him he will free the eternals hawks who know very well about our weaknesses. For now, the program Stay in Mexico has already revived. Today the relationship looks smooth, but let’s be ready for what is coming.
For both countries, it is an impact that will come even more vigorous to the two presidential elections in July and November 2024.
Migrations are rolling fireballs against Morena and the US Democratic Party, both in power today. Matter is fiery and will be used in the political processes that we live.
Going beyond the impact in the present, it is essential to assess in what, how and to what extent our way of life will be affected in the long future with respect to our difficulties and national objectives.
That is, what a different Mexico from today we will see in the medium and long terms, this being the time when statesmen reflect. The route is unclear, the means are scarce and the future, an enigma that must be solved, but this is how peoples evolve.
Regarding the integration of immigrants, we are going to go imperceptibly from misunderstanding and harassment to tolerance and slow acceptance. You have to study the management applied by Turkey, Germany, France or Great Britain. There is no alternative, unless you believe that the solution is to hit a stone wall.
The puzzle will soon make AMLO and Biden feel greater pressure, whether their interests are legitimate or illegitimate, from internal forces and those belonging to the antagonist country. The two presidents, their parties and governments face terrible enigmas: giving in to migration would be harmful to them; don’t give in, too.
Both extremes have serious political effects. The case is of the general nature of an unparalleled emergency situation. The traumatic event, not foreseen in today’s magnitudes, in the long run could well alter forms and expectations of the way of life of the two countries and of the bilateral relationship.
In the policy arguments of both countries, the protection of the national interest stands out as a substantive value, which is the right thing to do. The question is how to deal with a contradictory problem in its handling. If I do I lose and if I don’t, too.
As a plot, the drama only expresses pain and thrives on hope. We are embarked on an emergency situation when being induced by incontrovertible facts in transcendent decisions for the country.
Does the alley have an exit? Yes, but it requires completing two steps: 1) submitting to the criminality that overwhelms us today and thus depressurizing the issue; 2) accept realities that we have disguised for decades, establishing a broad State policy that adapts the legal, human and physical resources to face a conflict that is here to stay.
