i mean, this is tragic. and marta, final question. you know, these people are fleeing violence, poverty, oppression and making their way to the us. what can the us do in its foreign policy to address some of these push factors that are causing these record numbers? well, i will say sumi that s a great question. since the beginning of the administration, we have been really looking very closely at all of this. and there has long been a root causes strategy in the region. and this administration has really expanded on that and has been focused on really addressing some root causes. but the other piece of this is regional responsibility sharing on migration management. and so, if you ll recall, injune of 2022, there was a summit of the americas, and president biden stood beside 20 other leaders from the region, and they endorsed the los angeles declaration on migration and protection.
poverty, oppression and making their way to the us. what can the us do in its foreign policy to address some of these push factors that is that are causing these record numbers? well, i will say sumi that s a great question. since the beginning of the administration, we have been really looking very closely at all of this. and there has long been a root cause of strategy in the region. and this administration has really expanded on that and has been focused on really addressing some of the root causes. but the other piece of this is, is regional responsibility sharing on migration management. and so, if you ll recall, injune of 2022, there was a summit of the americas, and president biden stood beside 20 other leaders from the region, and they endorsed the los angeles declaration on migration and protection. and that really was focused on how we together as a region can confront some of the challenges with regards to irregular migration.
to another country in the region to pick up the remains of migrants from his own country who had perished along the way. i mean, this is tragic. and marta, final question. you know, these people are fleeing violence, poverty, oppression and making their way to the us. what can the us do in its foreign policy to address some of these push factors that is that are causing these record numbers? well, i will say sumi that s a great question. since the beginning of the administration, we have been really looking very closely at all of this. and there has long been a root cause of strategy in the region. and this administration has really expanded on that and has been focused on really addressing some of the root causes. but the other piece of this is, is regional responsibility sharing on migration management. and so, if you ll recall, injune of 2022, there was a summit of the americas, and president biden stood beside 20 other leaders from the region, and they endorsed the los angeles decl
these record numbers? well, i will say sumi that s a great question. since the beginning of the administration, we have been really looking very closely at all of this. and there has long been a root causes strategy in the region. and this administration has really expanded on that and has been focused on really addressing some of the root causes. but the other piece of this is, is regional responsibility sharing on migration management. and so, if you ll recall, injune of 2022, there was a summit of the americas, and president biden stood beside 20 other leaders from the region, and they endorsed the los angeles declaration on migration and protection. and that really was focused on how we together as a region can confront some of the challenges with regards to irregular migration. we have changed the narrative in the region and we have such
because some of the migrants we ve been speaking to, rather, at the bbc, have said they want to head directly to the us. so are you confident that they are going to be willing to go to these centres and file these claims for asylum? sumi, i really think people want to be in the region. they say they want to enter through the puerta grande. right. they want to enter the united states in a way that is regular. right. and so if given the consequence regime that is now in place at the border, we are trying to give people options so that they can, if they really do want to come to the united states, that they access the united states through a legal pathway. i was talking to a foreign minister from the region who had mentioned to me that he had taken his fourth trip, and he hadn t been foreign minister that long, to another country in the region to pick up the remains of migrants from his own country who had perished along the way. i mean, this is tragic. and marta, final question. you know