Is Mexico Helping The United States Amid Migrant Crisis? Detailed Overview

 

Officials from Mexico and the United States decided to maintain open border and rail crossings, a decision that is anticipated to drastically alter the nature of the migrant problem in the country.

The Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday to talk about the immigration situation. In addition, Secretary of State Antony Blinken oversaw the discussions behind closed doors with Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena of Mexico. The “important” accords they secured during the meeting were not made clear.

The momentous gathering took place as a sizable caravan of migrants made their way gradually approached the border between the US and Mexico in the hopes of entering the US.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, is being asked to assist the Joe Biden administration in reducing the number of migrants entering the country. The goal of US officials is to lower the historically high number of migrants seeking entry into the US through Mexico.

Andrés Manuel López Obrador praised the meeting between US and Mexican officials, per a story published by Reuters. The authorities consented to work together on immigration.

“This agreement has been reached, the rail crossings and the border bridges are already being opened to normalize the situation,” the president of Mexico stated during an early morning press conference.

He claimed that because border business is crucial to both nations, the discussions were “direct.” In the past, a large influx of migrants caused the temporary closure of train crossings.