The Mexican and US governments are working together to prevent chaos and violence along the two countries’ borders, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said today, a few hours before the expiration of the measure that Washington had put in place since its inception. of the Covid-19 pandemic that was preventing immigrants from entering the US.

Title 42 is scheduled to expire today at 11:59 p.m. Washington time (06:59 GMT on Friday), and crossings of migrants seeking to reach the U.S. are already up, according to reports from border cities. of Texas: Brownsville, Laredo and El Paso. Faced with this situation, the US federal authorities have mobilized more than 24,000 police and law enforcement officers at the border, in addition to approximately 4,000 military personnel.

López Obrador emphasized that authorities are working in the southwestern region to “protect” migrants.

Responding to a question put to him at the regular press conference regarding the deployment of National Guard forces on the southern border of Mexico, the Mexican president emphasized that his government made this decision alone, and not after an agreement with his American counterpart Joe Biden .

In addition, López Obrador urged Biden to work to reach agreements with Cuba, Venezuela and other countries to limit immigration flows from those countries.

The Mexican president is pushing for more US investment in the region, particularly in Central American countries.