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US President-elect Joe Biden told the President of Mexico that he was committed to addressing the root causes of poor Latino immigrants crossing the border into the United States.
Outgoing President Donald Trump made the tightening of the southern border against what he called the free and dangerous flow of people entering the U.S. from Mexico and Central America a key pillar of his U.S.-centric immigration policy. Including its irregular plan to build a border wall.
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Biden spoke with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Saturday and emphasized “the need to revitalize cooperation between the United States and Mexico to ensure safe and orderly migration,” Biden’s transition team said in a statement.
“The two leaders signaled a shared desire to address the root causes of migration in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and southern Mexico and to build a future of greater opportunity and security for the region,” the team said.
The border is an important crossing point for migrants fleeing poverty, drug-related violence and other problems in Mexico and Central America.
López Obrador, a leftist, had cordial relations with Trump, but it was only this week that he finally congratulated Biden on his victory in the November 3 US election.
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