The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas visited Mexico and Costa Rica to discuss collaborating on mutual challenges and goals, such as regional issues and management of migration, according to a March 15 news release.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador committed to the establishment of lawful trade and travel and a regional strategy to migration management. Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada also established a bilateral migration arrangement that defines both nations' approach to work together on the subject of migration and protection issues.
“Mexico and Costa Rica are both strong partners of the United States, and I value our continued work together to realize the opportunities before us, both in the promotion of economic growth and the development of safe, orderly and humane migration pathways," Mayorkas said. “As an example of that partnership, I am proud to have announced a migration arrangement with Costa Rica in support of President Biden’s comprehensive plan to address irregular migration in our hemisphere.”
The present administration has called for all of the governments of Latin America to join together to create a regional stance on migration and protection that would deal with migration problems in the western hemisphere.
