Blinken, Mayorkas Meet With Mexican President Amid Unprecedented Border Crisis

Customs and Border Protection logged the busiest November on record last month with encounters at the southern border totaling 242,418.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (C) attends a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, and U.S. Ambassador Ken Salasar (out of frame), in addition to other officials, at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on Dec. 27, 2023. Rodrigo Oropeza/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. officials met with the president of Mexico on Dec. 27 to talk about the unprecedented flow of illegal immigrants on the U.S.–Mexican border.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas convened with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico to “discuss unprecedented irregular migration in the Western Hemisphere and identify ways Mexico and the United States will address border security challenges,” according to the State Department announcement.