Readout of Secretary Mayorkas’s Virtual Meeting with Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard

On Wednesday, May 5, 2021, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas spoke with Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard.  During the conversation, the Secretaries emphasized their shared focus on enhancing bilateral economic cooperation, agreed to work together on COVID-19 mitigation measures, and discussed deepened collaboration on the development of regional approaches to irregular migration, including through the creation of legal pathways for migrants in the region. They also expressed a mutual desire to work together to create economic opportunities across the Western Hemisphere and combat unlawful activities such as human smuggling that threaten both countries’ national and economic security.