{"id":1644,"date":"2021-06-15T17:31:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T17:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news25.org\/?p=1644"},"modified":"2021-06-15T17:31:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T17:31:45","slug":"mexico-to-step-up-vaccinations-along-us-border-ahead-of-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.news25.org\/mexico-to-step-up-vaccinations-along-us-border-ahead-of-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico to step up vaccinations along US border ahead of reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is in Mexico to discuss immigration and border security.<\/p>\n<p>Mexico aims to gradually lift pandemic-related restrictions along its shared border with the United States as it progresses in vaccinating the local population against COVID-19, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ebrard said the reopening of the border will be discussed with US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who arrived in Mexico late on Monday.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/letter-from-africa-the-lure-of-the-get-rich-quick-scam-in-kenya\/\">Letter from Africa: The lure of the get-rich-quick scam in Kenya<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news25.org\/nature-throwing-money-at-biodiversity-schemes-is-ineffective\/\">Nature: Throwing money at biodiversity schemes is ineffective<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1vsenwb\">\n<p>\u201cMexico is going to make an extraordinary vaccination effort in order for our cities to have similar standards to those of the United States in terms of vaccination,\u201d Ebrard said during a regular news conference.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439096\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figure id=\"attachment_1439096\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439096\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439096 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-06-15T135641Z_744959249_RC2V0O9DCPRZ_RTRMADP_3_USA-IMMIGRATION-MEXICO-EBRARD.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439096\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMAGE COPYRIGHT \/ AFP\/ Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard speaking during a news conference as Mexico aims to gradually lift pandemic-induced restrictions on its shared border with the United States [Luis Cortes\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>The goal is to ensure Mexico\u2019s frontier cities have the same level of protection against COVID-19 as US cities so there is no longer an argument to uphold restrictions, Ebrard said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we reach that stage which will begin today all along the border, there would be no sanitary argument to maintain these restrictions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">Earlier on Tuesday, Mexico received a consignment of some 1.35 million doses of Johnson &amp; Johnson vaccines from the US that will go towards inoculating Mexican border residents aged 18 and above, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccine shipment will be used to vaccinate anyone over the age of 18 in four cities along the US border: Tijuana, Mexicali, Ciudad Juarez and Reynosa.<\/p>\n<p>The US and Mexico have restricted border crossings to essential travel since early in the pandemic. But pressure is now building on both countries to ease those restrictions in order to resume commercial traffic.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of border closures is tied to concerns about migration and Mayorkas is expected to hold a series of meetings with Mexican officials on Tuesday in an effort to find ways to curb migration to the US.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figure id=\"attachment_1439098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439098\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439098 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/AP21145730435868.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"513\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMAGE COPYRIGHT \/ AFP\/ Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is scheduled to speak with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard and other officials on Tuesday [File: Lynne Sladky\/AP Photo]<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/figure>\n<p>Mayorkas is scheduled to meet with security and immigration officials.<\/p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1vsenwb\">Mexico is a critical US partner in its effort to stem the rising flow of migrants fleeing from poverty and gang violence in Central America and making their way to the US-Mexico border.<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content css-1vsenwb\">\n<p>At the US\u2019s urging, Mexico has\u00a0reinforced\u00a0its own southern border with Guatemala with National Guard in order to block migrants from making their way north.<\/p>\n<p>Official statistics show that more than\u00a0180,000 people\u00a0were apprehended at the border in May, a 20-year high and up slightly from\u00a0April numbers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"postup-article\"><\/div>\n<p>Earlier in June Vice President Kamala Harris travelled to\u00a0Guatemala\u00a0and\u00a0Mexico\u00a0in order to find ways to reduce migration from the region.<\/p>\n<p>From Guatemala, she urged would-be migrants\u00a0not to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1439091\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figure id=\"attachment_1439091\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1439091\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1439091 size-arc-image-770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2021-06-11T175454Z_1387371805_RC2HYN9D0YP9_RTRMADP_3_USA-IMMIGRATION-BORDER.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C550\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"550\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1439091\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IMAGE COPYRIGHT \/ AFP\/ The US-Mexico border near Tijuana, east of San Diego, California [File: Mike Blake\/Reuters]<\/figcaption><\/figure>The US-Mexico border near Tijuana, east of San Diego, California [File: Mike Blake\/Reuters]<\/figure>\n<p>Since taking office in January, the administration of President Joe Biden has continued to expel the vast majority of migrants arriving under a health provision put in place by former President Donald Trump last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aljazeera_incontent_dynamic3\" class=\"fs-dynamic\" data-slot=\"complete\" data-freestar-ad=\"__728x90  __336x280\" data-google-query-id=\"CNeIi4KRmvECFZa51QodaS4B-g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/15184186\/aljazeera_incontent_dynamic_2__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Biden, who campaigned on a promise to establish a more welcoming approach towards migrants, has been under political pressure to demonstrate that his policies are keeping the border secure.<\/p>\n<p>His Republican rivals accuse him of creating a crisis at the border by reversing Trump\u2019s major anti-immigration policies, while\u00a0rights groups\u00a0have blasted his policies of restricting asylum as a\u00a0violation\u00a0of international legal obligations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-source\">SOURCE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/6\/15\/mexico-to-vamp-up-vaccinations-along-us-border-ahead-of-reopening\">AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"postup-article__container\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is in Mexico to discuss immigration and border security. Mexico aims to gradually lift pandemic-related restrictions along its shared border with the United States as it progresses in vaccinating the local population against COVID-19, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Tuesday. 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