Mexico: help for US on migrants "can't go on forever"

Mexico's president has again sidestepped questions about reinstating the U.S. “Remain in Mexico” policy

MEXICO CITY -- Mexico’s president again sidestepped questions Thursday about the reinstatement of the U.S. “Remain in Mexico” policy. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico will continue helping the United States on immigration. But he noted “it can’t go on forever,” and said attention must turn to development in Central America so people don’t have to emigrate. “We have taken it upon ourselves to help the U.S. government on the immigration issue, we are going to continue to do so,” López Obrador said. “We have tried to keep migrants in shelters, above all to protect minors, women,” the president said. “But this can't go on forever, we have to get to the bottom of the issue and that means investing in the development of poor countries.”