biden really needs the cooperation of partners like mexico as he tries to get a handle on the situation of migrants at the u.s. southern border. when the administration announced the expansion of title 42 last week, it included an agreement from mexico to accept tens of thousands of migrants who are being turned away at the u.s. border back into mexico. so that is going to be, again, a very important topic of discussion. jake sullivan reported by told reporters this morning, don t expect new plans or announcements from this bilateral meeting. the two countries are really just going to need to take some time to figure out whether the initial agreement is working. m.j., there are a lot of critics of president biden s trip to the border sunday, including the union, many officials, the governor of texas. have white house officials responded to any of the criticisms, including that he didn t meet with my migrants while there? reporter: yeah, you know, it was really notable tha
was really notable that the president, of course, has come under intense pressure for months and months to physically go down to the border himself and see with his own eye ts situation that is unfolding there. and he, of course, did spend a lot of time with border officials, local leaders, community leaders, and then he visited this migrant aid center. but it seemed just like a notable mission that he didn t get to spend any time with migrants, either at the center or even just along the motorcade route. the scenes that we have been seeing reported by some of our colleagues over the last few weeks, those were scenes that the president didn t seem to see and an administration official told me this was purely coincidental. jake sullivan said he was really focused on seeing and meeting with groups who are providing essential services to these migrants. of course we are seeing this white house trying to balance seeming stronger on the border, but also showing a humanitarian and humane app