<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1657561763861,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016e-3da0-d10d-abef-3df3e9dc0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1657561763861,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016e-3da0-d10d-abef-3df3e9dc0001","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_57068395", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1047061"} }); ","_id":"00000181-ee61-ddeb-a5e1-feff4b7f0000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedVice President Kamala Harris will discuss migration issues with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador before he meets with President Joe Biden, according to a White House official.
Harris will discuss the administration’s work to slow migration to the United States from Central America and Mexico’s cooperation over breakfast with Lopez Obrador at the Naval Observatory Tuesday, the official said. The two leaders will also advance regional development assistance efforts brokered during the vice president’s trip to Mexico City in June last year. The meeting marks Harris’s fourth with Lopez Obrador since taking office.
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The Biden administration is bracing for historic numbers of people arriving in the U.S. after crossing the border illegally. The Department of Homeland Security expects some 161,000 children could cross the border alone this year, according to data obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Biden tasked Harris last year with handling the swell in arrivals at the southern border, with the vice president targeting the so-called “root causes” of migration to stem the flow.
Lopez Obrador has at times proven a challenging partner for the Biden administration.
The Mexican leader derailed attendance at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles last month after Biden refused to invite a trio of authoritarian leaders. While the White House downplayed his refusal, saying Biden would soon meet with him at the White House, his decision to forgo the meeting led other nations with which the U.S. has sought to work to slow migration to join the snub.
Over the weekend, Harris responded to criticism of the administration’s immigration handling by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, telling CBS’s Face the Nation that legislative fixes are still needed.
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Harris said a “humane and appropriate approach” to immigration demands a pathway to citizenship. “That’s where I think everyone should be focused if they’re actually concerned about solutions instead of flame-throwing,” she said.
