副总裁卡玛拉•哈里斯将于5月7日会见墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔，双方将讨论迁移。
哈里斯首席发言人西蒙·桑德斯(Symone Sanders)在一份声明中表示:“本次会议将深化我们两国之间的伙伴关系，以实现繁荣、善治和解决移民根源的共同目标。”
根据白宫对该呼吁的解读，哈里斯最后一次与墨西哥总统通话是在4月7日，当时双方同意“共同努力解决萨尔瓦多、危地马拉和洪都拉斯等北三角国家移民的根本原因”。
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墨西哥总统安德烈斯·曼努埃尔·洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔在虚拟地球日发表演讲
会议召开之际，奥巴马政府仍在努力应对激增无人陪伴的未成年人在美国/墨西哥边境被捕，一周后，乔·拜登总统将边境局势称为“危机”白宫新闻秘书珍·普萨基后来试图收回这一评论。
外交部长马塞洛·埃布拉德·卡苏朋和经济部长塔蒂亚娜·克鲁塞尔·卡里略将加入哈里斯和洛佩斯·奥布拉多尔的行列。
从2月到3月，被拘留的无人陪伴的儿童人数大约翻了一番，上个月，边境巡逻队的担心达到了2000年代初以来的最高水平。
哈里斯和拜登都没有前往南部边境亲眼目睹这场危机。相反，政府派出了由高级官员组成的代表团。
此前宣布，哈里斯将于6月前往中美洲，这是她自拜登责成她领导政府努力解决移民根源以来首次访问该地区。她还计划在周一与危地马拉总统亚历杭德罗·贾马提举行虚拟双边会议。
据一名白宫官员称，哈里斯和贾梅蒂将讨论共同努力解决危地马拉人民的紧急救济需求，并深化在移民问题上的合作。
Kamala Harris to meet virtually with Mexican president in May
Vice PresidentKamala Harriswill meet virtually with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on May 7, when the two will discussmigration.
"This meeting will deepen the partnership between our countries to achieve the common goals of prosperity, good governance, and addressing the root causes of migration," Harris’s chief spokesperson Symone Sanders said in a statement.
Harris last spoke with the Mexican president during a call on April 7 when the two agreed "to work together to address the root causes of migration from the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras," according to a White House readout of that call.
The meeting comes as the administration continues to grapple with thesurgeof unaccompanied minors being apprehended at the U.S./Mexico border and a week after President Joe Biden referred to the situation at the border as a "crisis." White House press secretary Jen Psaki later attempted to walk the comment back.
Harris and López Obrador will be joined by Secretary of Foreign Relations Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon and Secretary of Economy Tatiana Clouthier Carrillo.
The number of unaccompanied children taken into custody roughly doubled from February to March and last month saw the largest number of Border Patrol apprehensions in a single month since the early 2000s.
Neither Harris nor Biden have traveled to the southern border to view the crisis firsthand. Instead, the administration has sent delegations with top officials.
It was previously announced that Harris will travel to Central America in June, marking her first trip to the region since Biden tasked her with leading the administration's efforts to address the root causes of migration. She’s also slated to hold a virtual bilateral meeting on Monday with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.
Harris and Giammettei will talk about working together to address immediate relief needs of the Guatemalan people and deepening cooperation on migration, according to a White House official.
