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Central America Expects 'No Pressure' From Biden Administration Immigration
Policy

Jorge Agobian

   WASHINGTON - Washington'simmigration policywillfocus on regional
   migration and its root causes, as well as the annulment of policies
   inherited from the Trump administration,according toWhite House
   officials.

   PresidentJoe Bidenwill make the announcement next
   week,PressSecretaryJenPsakisaidduringa daily briefingthis week.

   Representatives of the governments of Honduras, El Salvador and
   Guatemala envisionmoreU.S.attention toward the region during the Biden
   administration and plan to support a common development agenda based on
   "mutual respect."

   President Biden told his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez
   Obrador,that Washington will address the containment of the irregular
   flowof migrantsto Mexico and the United States, in part, through
   promotingeconomicdevelopment in Central America.

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