Biden discussing immigration and trade with Costa Rican President Chaves at the White House
By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hosting his Costa Rican counterpart, Rodrigo Chaves, at the White House on Tuesday. They’re discussing strengthening an agreement between the two countries on possible legal pathways for increasing numbers of Central American migrants arriving to the U.S. southern border. Biden and Chaves plan talks on strengthening U.S.-Costa Rica trade tries, creating new jobs, advancing democracy and promoting a more orderly immigration process. Chaves’ 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.
