负责监督的白宫最高官员南部边境白宫周五表示，罗伯特·雅各布森将于本月底卸任。
国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文(Jake Sullivan)在一份声明中表示，雅各布森将辞去白宫国家安全委员会西南边境协调员的职务，“这与她一开始就承诺在政府的头100天任职是一致的”。
前美国驻加拿大大使墨西哥雅各布森在担任该角色期间，一直是引人注目的人物。3月10日，她与新闻秘书珍·普萨基一起出现在白宫简报室，并于3月23日在墨西哥城会见了墨西哥外交部长马塞洛·埃布拉德。
沙利文说:“雅各布森大使将她的职业生涯奉献给了不懈的努力，以促进美国在西半球的利益，包括作为美国驻墨西哥大使，拜登总统知道没有人比她更适合在我们的南部边境引入一个更加安全、可靠和公正的方法。”
最近几周，随着大量移民在边境停留，南部边境已成为一个政治热点激增到最高水平20年后。今年3月，有超过17.2万名移民滞留在西南边境，其中无人陪伴的未成年人数量创下纪录。
共和党人抓住了增加的机会抨击拜登政府没有采取更多措施阻止移民。本届政府表示，它将继续解决问题由特朗普政府创建。
在他的声明中，沙利文建议副总统贺锦丽，乔·拜登总统选择他来处理来自中美洲的移民问题，将接手雅各布森的一些工作。
沙利文在声明中说:“拜登总统要求副总统贺锦丽领导政府在墨西哥和北三角地区的工作，这证明了政府对改善该地区状况的重视。”。
沙利文继续说:“副总统正在监督一个由跨机构的杰出公务员支持的整个政府的方法，包括国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约尔卡斯和卫生与公众服务部部长泽维尔·韦塞拉，他们在政府成立之初就被总统赋予重建我们的移民系统的任务。”
然而，雅各布森是“西南边境协调员”，白宫明确表示，哈里斯不对边境负责，而是在外交上与墨西哥和北三角国家打交道。
哈里斯周三与墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔进行了交谈。发言人西蒙·桑德斯(Symone Sanders)表示，呼吁的重点是合作改善经济机会和减少腐败。
副总统还与危地马拉总统亚历杭德罗·贾马提进行了交谈。
在一个故事出版据彭博社周五报道，雅各布森说，拜登政府“计划与美国公司接触，增加在墨西哥和中美洲的投资，以减少移民。”
Roberta Jacobson, senior Biden official overseeing border, stepping down at end of month
The most senior White House official overseeingsouthern borderissues, Roberta Jacobson, is stepping down at the end of this month, the White House said Friday.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement that Jacobson will retire from her role as coordinator for the southwest border on the White House's National Security Council "consistent with her commitment at the outset to serve in the Administration's first 100 days."
A former U.S. ambassador toMexico, Jacobson has been featured prominently during her time in the role. She appeared in the White House briefing room with press secretary Jen Psaki on March 10 and met with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard in Mexico City on March 23.
"Ambassador Jacobson dedicated her career to working tirelessly to advance U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere, including as the United States Ambassador to Mexico, and President Biden knew there was no person better to usher in a more safe, secure, and just approach to our Southern Border," Sullivan said.
The southern border has become a political flashpoint in recent weeks as the number of migrants stopped at the bordersurges to the highest levelsin 20 years. There were more than 172,000 migrants stopped at the southwest border in March, with record numbers of unaccompanied minors among them.
Republicans have seized on the increase toblast the Biden administrationfor not doing more to stem the migration. The current administration has said it continues toclean up problemscreated by the Trump administration.
In his statement, Sullivan suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris, who President Joe Biden chose to deal with migration from Central America, will pick up some of Jacobson's portfolio.
"President Biden has asked Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Administration's work on our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle, a testament to the importance this administration places on improving conditions in the region," Sullivan said in the statement.
"The Vice President is overseeing a whole-of-government approach supported by outstanding public servants across the interagency including Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who were tasked by the President at the beginning of the administration to rebuild our immigration system," Sullivan continued.
However, Jacobson was the "coordinator for the southwest border," and the White House has said explicitly that Harris is not responsible for the border, but rather dealing with Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries diplomatically.
Harris spoke to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday. The call was focused on cooperating to improve economic opportunities and reduce corruption, according to spokesperson Symone Sanders.
The vice president has also spoken to Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.
In astory publishedby Bloomberg Friday, Jacobson said that the Biden administration "plans to approach U.S. companies about increasing investment in Mexico and Central America to try to reduce migration."
