Antony Blinken to reach Mexico before 15,000 migrants crash US border this week. Mexican President has put this condition
migrants and Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepares for a state visit to Mexico, a fresh wave of up to 15,000 migrants is set to crash into the already flooded US southern border of Mexico. A caravan of nearly 8,000 asylum-seekers began its march through Mexico to the border days before Blinken’s meeting with Mexican President Andres Lopez Manuel Obrador to discuss the illegal immigration crisis. They are mostly from Cuba, Haiti and Honduras.
March to US border
Led by radical migrant rights activist Luis Garcia Villagran, the crowd began its march from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula on Christmas Eve. Talking to AP, he said, «The problem is that the southern border [with Guatemala] is open, and 800 to 1,000 people are crossing it daily?» He added that if the people don't get out of Tapachula, the town will collapse.
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The New York Post has reported that there have been more than 2 million migrant encounters at the US southern border in the 2022 and 2023 fiscal years. The officials have warned the influx shows no signs of slowing. They have said that nearly a quarter million migrants crossed the southern US border in November alone.
Mexico ready to work with US
Mexican President Obrador has indicated that he is ready to cooperate with the US. He spoke to his US counterpart Biden last week to address illegal immigration ahead of Blinken’s visit on Wednesday.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a Homeland adviser, Liz Sherwood-Randall will accompany him.
«Relax US sanctions»
Obrador has urged the Biden administration to relax the restrictive US sanctions against the leftist governments of Cuba and Venezuela, where about 20% of the
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