On Monday President Joe Biden’s border czar is heading to Mexico to meet officials and discuss the influx of migrants coming to the U.S Mexico border seeking asylum.
Roberts Jacobson, special assistant to the president and coordinator for the southwest border, is traveling to meet with Mexican government officials. She will be accompanied by Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to the president and senior director for the Western Hemisphere.
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They will engage with Mexican government officials to develop an effective and humane plan of action to manage migration. National Security Council spokeswoman Emily Horne said.
Gonzalez will travel to Guatemala, where he will meet the officials and members from various NGOs, and also ”representatives from civil society.” in the meeting they will discuss the root cause of migration. He will be accompanied by Richard Zuniga, the department of State’s northern triangle special envoy.
The trip is held because President Biden’s administration continues to struggle with the increased number of migrants trying to pass into the United States at the nation’s southern border. they are facing a lot of pressure from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to address the situation ,which many Republicans are calling a ”crisis.”
The border is close, but the government is holding migrant children in facilities because officials say it would be too dangerous for them to make their journey back to their home countries.
On Sunday President Biden said, the White House could do ‘a lot more” to stop people from making the journey to the U.S-Mexico border.
”We’re in the process of doing it now, including making sure that we reestablish what existed before, which was they can stay in place and make their case from their home country,” he said.