The United States assures Mexico that it will keep elements of Title 42 in place

Counselor of White House for National security, Elizabeth Sherwood-RandallHe made the promise in a meeting with the Mexican president this Tuesday. Andrés Manuel López ObradorThat America maintain the function of Title 42 After an expected cancellation on May 11.

They told us that they will take steps to maintain co-operation as per their legal provisions. Title 42 with others Legal systemssaid the principal Mexico, Marcelo EbrardHe also attended the media briefings at the end of the meeting.

ebrard It was considered that Immigrants They are deceived because they think legal action has been taken Donald Trump (2017-2021) then continued as President Joe Biden To expel migrants based on the COVID-19 pandemic, they can enter America Without restrictions.

They have already made it clear to us that that will not be the case,” said the head of the foreign ministry (SRE)

For his part, Lopez Obrador and his cabinet members asked Sherwood-Randall Greater investment in facilitating legal pathways for migrants trying to reach the United States through Mexico.

What is the emphasis of the President? Mexico? “There’s a need to invest, especially in Central America, not only that, but to expand those legal, documented, conventional routes,” he explained. ebrard.

Despite the crisis in earlier meetings with the White House representative FentanylIn this case it focused on migrant flows.

In a message posted on his Twitter account, Lopez Obrador They said they were approached by “a Humanistic approach“.

In this meeting chaired by the President, Ephrat also; Interior Secretary, Adan Augusto Lopez; Defense, Luis Crescencio Sandoval; of Marina, Rafael Ojeda; Or the Deputy Director General of the National Institute of Migration (INM), Armando López Administration.

The United States, Ebrard continued, has expressed concern about the increased flow of people from Venezuela and other countries to its southern border, and is responding to Mexico’s demands for a more regulated route.

“He told us that the humanitarian visa program for Haitians, Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans will be maintained. They have now expanded it to 100,000, and it has been overlooked for people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador,” he announced.

He also thanked the US President. Joe BidenLopez sent “an agent very close” to report directly to Obrador.

Although Ephrat did not comment on the matter, a US official told EFE this Tuesday that the Pentagon will temporarily station 1,500 soldiers on the Mexican border for 90 days.

Before it ends, all this will happen when expected Title 42Migrant flows continue to grow America A record 2.76 million migrants were detained last year and Mexico reported a more than 43% annual increase in the number of people in irregular situations in the country to 444,439 in 2022.

With information from EFE