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The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obradorsaid Thursday that U.S. officials agreed to keep border crossings and railroads open at Wednesday’s meeting to address the migration crisis.
“There is more and more movement at the border, on the bridges, and so we have to be careful that the crossings are not closed. That agreement was reached. Railway and border bridges are already opening, normalizing the situation“, said the president in his usual morning press conference, highlighting the strong commercial relationship between the two countries.
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“We are already the world’s leading trading partners Mexico It is U.Sthey are our main partners”, he detailed.
López Obrador met Wednesday in Mexico City for more than two hours with the secretary of state Anthony Blinken and other senior U.S. officials, including the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkasto cope with the sharp increase migration.
The United States has suspended several legal crossings on the more than 3,000km border with Mexico, arguing it seeks to focus on processing undocumented immigrants.
The Mexican president added that both countries also agreed to hold periodic meetings to address the issue of immigration, as anticipated by the chancellor. Alicia Bárcena on Wednesday.
“We will have regular meetingsthe teams are already formed (…) let’s go to Washington“, he said.
Blinken’s visit took place while his opponent Republican party pressures the American president, Joe Bidenadopt strong measures against migration in exchange for accepting more support in that country’s Congress for Ukraine.
Wednesday’s trip was abruptly announced last week after Biden spoke by phone with López Obrador.
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The number of people seeking to enter the United States illegally has increased this month to about 10,000 per day, nearly double what it was before the pandemic.
Few migrants are Mexican. For many years, the majority came from Central Americadevastated by extreme poverty, rampant violence and poor harvests, made worse by climate change.
There was also an increase in immigrants coming from Haitiplagued by gang violence and the lack of a functioning government, and Venezuelawhere basic goods have been scarce after years of economic chaos.
Source: Elcomercio
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