US and Mexico Discuss Measures to Curb Migrant Surge
Mexico Prioritizes Reopening Border Crossings, Calls for US Aid and Sanction Reductions
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador met to discuss the surge of migrants reaching the US southwestern border.
- Mexico's top priority is to reopen border crossings that were closed due to the migrant surge.
- Mexico has detected 680,000 migrants moving through the country in the first 11 months of 2023, and has assigned over 32,000 military troops and National Guard officers to enforce immigration laws.
- López Obrador has suggested that the US should send more development aid to migrants’ home countries, and reduce or eliminate sanctions against Cuba and Venezuela.
- Despite these efforts, a record-breaking number of migrants continue to reach the US-Mexico border, with as many as 10,000 migrants being arrested daily.
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