Joe Biden sends top envoys to tackle migrant issue as numbers crossing US border increase

Officials deal with a 168pc rise in figures in a single month

Migrants crowd a makeshift room at a US immigration processing centre in Donna, Texas. Photo: Reuters

Maria Santos

US President Joe Biden dispatched US envoys to Mexico and Guatemala for migration talks as he struggles to contain a burgeoning humanitarian challenge along the southwest US border with Mexico.

White House border coordinator Roberta Jacobson will travel to Mexico for talks with Mexican officials aimed at developing “an effective and humane plan of action to manage migration”, White House spokeswoman Emily Horne said.