"With all of its warts, this relationship is actually in a somewhat better place than a lot of people think," Jacobson told USA TODAY. "There are a lot of things that the two governments are working on of great importance to the United States.”
But with migration, fentanyl, threats to democracy and climate change – especially since once-climate leader López Obrador turned to buying coal – stakes remain high for the commander in chief.
With record levels of migrants, many coming from Venezuela, Nicaragua, Haiti and Cuba, coming to the U.S.-Mexico border, immigration will be top of mind in the meetings between Biden and López Obrador.
Although Mexico had previously deployed national guard troops to the country’s southern border to help process migrants coming from Guatemala, the two leaders will likely continue to discuss more efforts Mexico can take to stop migrants from coming to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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