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Or canada. and those three leaders will hold a trilateral meeting later this afternoon. straight live to mexico city. priscilla alvarez is there for us. what comes next? >> reporter: well, more discussion on all of those issues and as you said, key among them is migration. the united states has made clear that they cannot manage migration on their own. it requires regional partnerships and this has become a political vulnerability for president biden who has drawn criticism from democrats and re...

Problem. the idea grew into the los angeles declaration on migration and protection, which 21 countries ultimately adopted at the summit of the americas six months ago. and were working together, especially with our north american partners to fulfill our commitments under that declaration. they include the policy i announced last week to expand safe and legal pathways for immigrants from nicaragua, cuba, and haiti. and are seeking a better life here in the united states of america. we also want ...

>> m.j. lee stand by, well come back to you when the three leaders come out. priscilla alvarez is there for us. what do we expect president biden to say about the border and humanitarian crisis at the border on the u.s. side? >> reporter: we expect him to echo the calls of his administration officials. addressing migration requires regional partnership. weve seen mass movement of migrants and they landed at the u.s. doorstep and thats a growing political vulnerability for president biden and so ...

So dire. so one concern is that putting in sort of these requirements, that could end up deterring and preventing some of these people from going through the proper pathways and then they will ultimately get rejected at the u.s. southern border. but, again, this is going to be a huge topic of discussion at this summit that is going to happen this afternoon and we are continuing to see the president trying to get a handle on and fix what has become a big political liability for the president. >> ...

President has come to mexico. this summit was something of a hiatus during the trump administration, but president biden tried to resooif the summit, as we have seen over the last week now, to use it as a form to address one of the main political liabilities for him which is going to be a clearinghouse for migrants who want to come from other parts of the heisphere to lay out the legal pathways for them to go that. this has been to try to stem the flow to the border by making it clear the conseq...

Migration issues at the top of it and we saw on paper the deliverables as they like to call them of diplomacy stepped up agreement here for what theyre calling a virtual portal through which those who would like to seek asylum in whether its the united states, mexico or canada, would have the opportunity to use this portal to learn what are the legal pathways available to them. this is all about discouraging people from making the treacherous journey. secondly, theyre talking about opening up so...

Effect. one of them is a virtual portal that would allow migrants to apply for legal pathways to the united states, mexico or canada or see what they may be eligible for. then two is a center that will open up in southern mexico in tapachula. that is a city in southern mexico that serves as a transit location for a lot of migrants and would also provide services. now, of course, all of these options have to serve and be viable for migrants, many of whom are desperately fleeing poor conditions in...

Mexico and canada. so the measures theyre rolling out today reflect just that. one of them, for example, is a virtual portal that would allow migrants to apply for legal pathways to either of those countries, mexico, canada, or the united states, and see what theyre eligible for. the other is a center in southern mexico in tapachula, where migrants pass through to see services and what again they may be eligible for. the idea is to make it more accessible for people to come to the united states ...

Controlled both chambers, its near impossible in the current one where you have house republicans who are demanding more border security and not in any mood to may any types of concessions on things like pathways to citizenship. i think that, you know, republicans, theyre looking at that tour of the border, that president biden took on sunday, and they see this as a political opportunity for the president to check a box. they clearly dont believe that what he saw there portends anything with, yo...

Conditions and theyre doing so urgently. so its unclear at this point how viable these options will be. for them rs i , i spoke to a se administration official and the official said it an experiment but its necessary because theyre seeing the movement and trying to find ways in which migrants can make these pathways and use them in an accessible way. well hear from president biden on this and see what commitments they have made, the three of them to really address this growing issue in the regio...