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© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Members of Mexico’s Nationwide Guard patrol the border between Mexico and the U.S. as a part of an ongoing operation to forestall migrants from crossing illegally into america, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – U.S. and Mexican immigration officers are set to fulfill in El Paso Saturday, the day earlier than U.S. President Joe Biden’s first go to to the border since taking workplace, Mexico’s immigration institute mentioned Friday.
The assembly between Mexican immigration head Francisco Garduno and Border Patrol officers within the Texas border metropolis will intention “to coordinate actions to forestall migrants from being uncovered to dangers,” the institute mentioned in a press release.
Biden’s go to to El Paso on Sunday comes forward of his assembly with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau subsequent week in Mexico, the place immigration can be on the agenda.
Mexico’s immigration institute mentioned a chilly entrance is anticipated to trigger temperatures to drop within the space alongside the border and 200 Mexican immigration brokers had been deployed to supply humanitarian support equivalent to shelters, blankets and scorching drinks.
On Thursday, america introduced it will broaden restrictions to quickly expel Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught illegally crossing the border.
