President Joe Biden is hosting Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves at the White House

By COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves at the White House, following an agreement between their nations on possible legal pathways for migrants. The leaders are expected Tuesday to discuss how their nations can work together to strengthen economic ties through new jobs, advance democracy and promote orderly migration. The Central American nation has emerged as an immigration hotspot, as migrants increasingly travel through the dangerous Darien Gap from Colombia into Central America and north into Costa Rica. In June, Costa Rica and the United States agreed to open potential legal pathways to the U.S. for some Nicaraguan and Venezuelan migrants.