The Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, indicated this Wednesday that one of the points that Mexico and the United States will address in a meeting to discuss different issues, including the results of the end of Title 42 on the binational border, in addition to investment in the countries of Central America to correct the problems that generate the displacement of people.
In the first days of the end of Title 42, the United States authorities projected the number of migrants to be much higher and that it would be a complex situation, although the Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, affirmed those days that there has been a 50% drop in irregular migrant crossings on the US-Mexico border.
Although it is still expected that there may be a rebound in the figures. “We are going to review how we are doing with the migration plan, because we already have 885,000 visas and permits. There is a drop in the flow, what many expected did not happen, that there would be a major crisis on the border,” Ebrard told the media.
These 885,000 visas correspond to the work permits issued by the United States to Mexicans and other Latin American migrants between 2022 and 2023. In addition, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) assured that they will address investment in the countries of the region and the United States .
Before the end of Title 42, the United States was arresting about 11,000 migrants per day, but the first days 10,600 were registered in two days. Mayorkas warned two weeks ago that it is still early to say that everything is calm after the end of Title 42. “The numbers that we have seen in the last two days are remarkably below what they were before the end of Title 42” the official said on CNN.
With information from EFE and CNN
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