President Joe Biden is preparing to meet with his Mexican counterpart, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Senior Biden administration officials say that the U.S.-Mexico relationship is a priority and that the countries plan to announce joint actions to modernize and improve infrastructure along key parts of the 2,000-mile border, enhance law enforcement cooperation against fentanyl smuggling and promote clean energy.
In a preview call with reporters, administration officials declined to specify which visa programs might be expanded to bolster legal migration or by how much. They said the agreements set to come out of the meeting were more about demonstrating binational cooperation than announcing specific numbers.The officials also didn’t say whether the Biden administration will urge Mexico to do more to stop people heading through its territory to then cross into the U.S. illegally —.
López Obrador has long pushed for expanding U.S. temporary visa programs to workers from Mexico and Central America. He said Monday that increasing legal immigration would help fight inflation by bolstering productivity.Mexico's president also has been more vocal about attempting to tamp down inflation than curb climate change or promote energy efficiency. U.S.
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