US President-elect Biden, Mexico's president vow to cooperate on immigration
(VOVWORLD) - US President-elect Joe Biden and Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador agreed in a call on Saturday to work on a "new approach" to migration from Central America and Southern Mexico and to build a future of greater opportunity and security for the region.
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 US President-elect Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
(Photo: Reuters)
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Biden pledged to build the regional and border infrastructure and capacity needed to facilitate a new orderly and humane approach to migration that will respect international norms regarding the treatment of asylum claims. The President-elect emphasized the need to reinvigorate US-Mexico cooperation to ensure safe and orderly migration and contain COVID-19.
"We reaffirmed our commitment to working together for the well-being of our peoples and nations," Lopez Obrador said on Twitter.
Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard tweeted: "There will be extensive bilateral cooperation and a very good relationship between the presidents of Mexico and the United States."