Sharjah24 – Reuters: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris met Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday (June 8) as part of her first trip abroad since taking office as she tries to lower migration from Central America which has spiked in recent months.
Harris and Lopez Obrador witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding on development agencies working in Central America.
The accord is aimed at reducing the number of migrants from Central America's Northern Triangle countries - Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras - to the United States through Mexico.
Since President Joe Biden took office in January, the number of migrants taken into custody per month at the U.S.-Mexico border has risen to the highest levels in 20 years. Many are from Central America.
Harris has been tasked by Biden to address the migrant flow.
On a visit to Guatemala on Monday, she told potential migrants "Do not come," to the United States.
The Biden administration has been overwhelmed by the number of migrant children and families arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, mostly from Central America and has looked to Mexico for help in slowing transit across its territory.
Harris and Lopez Obrador witnessed the signing of an memorandum of understanding between the two countries that will entail cooperation between development agencies that work in Central America and examine how they plan to allocate aid.
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