President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez discuss migration through Mexico and fentanyl.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Democratic leaders at the state and local level are begging for federal assistance to help care for migrant families living in squalid shelters and sleeping in police stations.
50% : But in the meantime, his administration has developed policies that aim to deter migrants from making a dangerous and often deadly journey while also opening up new legal immigration pathways.
37% : Biden asked for $14 billion from Congress for border security but the temporary spending bill he just signed did not have funding for the border, Ukraine aid or Israel.
35% : Human smuggling over the border is a part of cartel operations that also include drug trafficking into the U.S."We're working side-by-side to combat organized crime," Biden said.

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