Obama, Pena Nieto Discuss Issue of Unaccompanied Children Migrating to Border KUNA
go to original June 20, 2014

Thousands of unaccompanied children and mothers with babies are coming crossing the US border from Central America. Once inside the US they turn themselves over to authorities in hopes of getting permission to stay permanently. Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds travelled to Nogales in Arizona where the migrants are being held. (Al Jazeera)

President Barack Obama spoke by phone with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to discuss a regional strategy to address the influx of unaccompanied children coming from Central America, through Mexico, to the US-Mexico border, the White House announced.

Obama, in the phone contact conducted late on Thursday, noted that Vice President Joe Biden will attend a regional meeting in Guatemala on Friday to discuss the urgent humanitarian issue, and welcomed the opportunity to work in close cooperation with Mexico to develop concrete proposals to address the root causes of unlawful migration from Central America, the announcement said.

Obama also discussed "the United States and Mexico's shared responsibility for promoting security in both countries and in the region," it said.

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