Christmas Day meant the same as any other day for thousands of migrants walking through southern Mexico: more trudging under a hot sun. About 6,000 migrants spent the day on the go, near the Guatemala-Mexico border, hoping to reach the United States. (Dec. 26) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials moved to clear a migrant encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande river Wednesday as U.S. officials met with Mexico’s president to press for measures to limit a surge of migrants reaching the U.S. southwestern border . Mexico began clearing tents, both occupied and unoccupied, from the encampment in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas, starting Tuesday. The effort, backed by bulldozers and workers with machetes, continued Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken talked with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico City. López Obrador has said he is willing to help, but he wants to see progress in U.S. relations with Cuba and Venezuela , two of the top sources of migrants, along with more development aid for the region. But Mexico’s top priority appeared to be getting the United States to reopen border crossings that were closed because of the migrant surge. Related stories From Venezuela to the US and back again, one family’s saga highlights Biden’s migration challenge Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress and the White House weigh major asylum limits Mexico’s president is willing to help with border migrant crush but wants US to open talks with Cuba “We spoke about the importance of the border, and about the economic relationship … the importance of reopening the border crossings, that is a priority for us,” Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena said following the meeting in Mexico City, which was also attended by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary […]
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