In the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, migrants wait next to barbed wire along the Rio Grande River overlooking the American side of the border with Mexico, specifically in the El Paso area, Texas. To confront migration challenges, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken met with senior officials from Latin America in Guatemala on Tuesday as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to push countries in the region to control their borders and increase legal routes for migration. The United States relies heavily on Mexico, its closest immigration partner, to control the number of migrants heading to the US-Mexico border. In late December, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, and Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, went to Mexico to discuss increasing law enforcement during a month in which US border security authorities encountered more than 250,000 migrants. On some days in December, 10,000 migrants were arrested. Tuesday’s meeting is part of ongoing talks related to what is known as the “Los Angeles Declaration,” an agreement signed by the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil and other countries in 2022, which stipulates that each country is responsible for securing its borders, and that countries will strengthen new legal immigration efforts. (Photo courtesy of the New York Times)
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