#Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejects the Biden administration's plans to build new sections of wall at the border, telling reporters: "This authorization for the construction of the wall is a step backwards." He is to hold talks today with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other senior US officials in Mexico City.
Money appropriated for the border wall has to be used and he can't stop it, President Biden tells reporters. Asked if the border wall works, the presidents replies it does not.
