Mexico moves to secure border

– Mexico will step up security along its southern border in preparation for a possible new wave of migrants headed for the US, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said.

The two countries are bracing for an expected surge in arrivals if Washington ends a pandemic-era rule known as Title 42 used to quickly expel migrants, purportedly on health grounds.

“We have to protect the southern border to protect migrants,” Lopez Obrador told reporters. –