However, one could also ask what Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador would gain by agreeing to implement his policy, namely accepting thousands of asylum seekers into Mexican border towns to wait. the day they went to court. On the surface, he added a more humane dimension to the policy, introducing a timeline of 180 days during which asylum cases would be processed and development funds for Central America under the name “Opportunity”. plant a tree”. But in reality, this is a political risk he can accept.
