Anthony Blinkenthe State Secretary of USAand other senior officials visited Mexico during Christmas week to meet with the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and conduct emergency calls migration.

López Obrador wrote after the meeting

According to a US spokesperson, Mexican President Blinken is said to have informed the progress they are making in the field of migration, such as the fight against cross-border migrant smugglers.

Irregular migration is discussed at a high-level meeting between officials from the United States and Mexico

“We were very impressed with some of the new actions Mexico is takingand we have seen a fairly significant reduction in border crossings in recent days,” the official told reporters.

The immigration situation

López Obrador acknowledged that efforts to stop the passage of undocumented immigrants into the United States would not be solved by security measures alone.

“People are leaving their cities out of necessity and there are many economic and social crises in the world” the president said before the meeting, noting that the solution would be there create employment.

The number of people seeking to enter the United States without permission has skyrocketed this month to approx 10,000 per dayalmost double what it was before the pandemic.

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Few migrants are Mexican; the majority have been coming from there for years Central Americadevastated by extreme poverty, rampant violence and poor harvests, exacerbated by climate change.

There has also been an increase in the number of immigrants from Haitiplagued by gang violence and the lack of a functioning government, and Venezuelawhere basic goods are scarce after years of economic chaos.

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Mexico, under agreements with both Biden and his Republican predecessor, Donald Trumphas agreed to accept, at least temporarily, migrants attempting to enter the United States.

The importance of talking about the immigration issue has increased in recent months as the United States and its president enter an election year Joe Biden tries to implement his last measures.

The rival Republican Party is pressuring Biden to crack down on immigration in exchange for agreeing to one of his top priorities in Congress: support for Ukraine.

Warning that without a deal, Ukraine will soon run out of the weapons needed to fend off the nearly two-year Russian invasion, the Biden administration on Wednesday announced its final arms package under the existing authorization. (JO)