Honduran migrants gather on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border fence near Tijuana after unsuccessfully attempting to cross into the United States, Dec 1.
Mexico has a new government going into 2019, but the country's approach to migration will remain largely the same. New Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 's approach to illegal migration will be similar to his predecessors, meaning Mexican authorities will continue detaining and deporting tens of thousands of migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador each month. Lopez Obrador will also press the United States and Canada to help fund social programs in Central America designed to offer citizens greater economic opportunities. And maintaining the status quo on immigration allows Mexico's president to avoid a wider political confrontation with Washington. AMLO's Aims Lopez Obrador's immigration policy will be a compromise solution shaped heavily by foreign and domestic constraints.
