On his first day in office, U.S. President Joe Biden issued an “immediate pause” on construction of the southern border wall, “to allow a close review of the legality of the funding and contracting methods used, and to determine the best way to redirect funds that were diverted by the prior administration to fund wall construction.”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced that it will start requiring a negative viral Covid-19 test (PCR, NAAT or antigen) from all air passengers entering the United States, beginning January 26. The order applies to U.S. citizens as well as foreign travelers.

On January 21, 2017, longtime Ajijic resident Tom Thompson was the first speaker at Ajijic’s Stand Together demonstration held in alliance with the Women’s March on Washington during the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The Monday after the second Wednesday in December of U.S. presidential election years is set as the date on which the electors meet and vote. In 2020, the meeting is on December 14.

In a move that has shocked many seasoned observers of bilateral relations, U.S. Attorney General William Barr abruptly requested that serious charges against General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, Mexico’s defense secretary from 2012 to 2018, be dismissed and that the former high-ranking official be allowed to return to Mexico.

Roberta Jacobson, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has been named as part of the 500-strong team that will work to prepare the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden to take control of the federal government.