On Thursday, November 2, President Joe Biden will host President Luis Abinader of the Dominican Republic for a bilateral meeting at the White House. During the meeting, President Biden and President Abinader will discuss the U.S. and the Dominican Republic’s close partnership on a host of shared priorities, including on deepening bilateral economic ties, advancing…
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Statement from President Joe Biden on Senate Passage of the National Security Package
Tonight, a bipartisan majority in the Senate joined the House to answer history’s call at this critical inflection point. Congress has passed my legislation to strengthen our national security and send a message to the world about the power of American leadership: we stand resolutely for democracy and freedom, and against tyranny and oppression. I…
Mexico and United States Strengthen Joint Humanitarian Plan on Migration
Today, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico and U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall met in Mexico City to build on the successful migration initiative that President López Obrador and President Biden announced in January 2023. Following that meeting, the United States and Mexico are announcing a set of additional measures to address the humanitarian situation caused by unprecedented migration flows at our shared…
FACT SHEET: Strengthening the United States-Canada Partnership
As President Biden has said, the United States has no closer friend, partner, or ally than Canada. Over the past 150 years, our two countries have built one of the closest and most extensive relationships. Canada is our largest trading partner, with nearly $2.6 billion in goods and services crossing our shared border, the world’s…
FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces New Initiatives to Strengthen U.S-Caribbean Partnership
Vice President Kamala Harris and Prime Minister Philip Davis of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas will host the U.S-Caribbean Leaders Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas on June 8, 2023. This meeting will build on the Vice President’s previous meetings with Caribbean leaders in April 2022, at the June 2022 Summit of the Americas in Los…
Readout of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s Meeting with President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met yesterday with President Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador to discuss critical issues for the United States and Ecuador, including security, climate change, counter-drug cooperation, and addressing the migration challenge in the Western Hemisphere. During the meeting, National Security Advisor Sullivan noted the United States’ commitment to joint efforts to deliver…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Strengthens Border Security, Enhances Legal Pathways, and Provides Resources to Enforce Our Immigration Laws
President Biden has taken historic steps to secure our border and rebuild a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system that was gutted by the previous Administration. Over the past two years, the Biden-Harris Administration has secured more resources for border security than any of the presidents who preceded him, deployed the most agents ever—more than…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Strengthens Border Security, Enhances Legal Pathways, and Provides Resources to Enforce Our Immigration Laws
President Biden has taken historic steps to secure our border and rebuild a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system that was gutted by the previous Administration. Over the past two years, the Biden-Harris Administration has secured more resources for border security than any of the presidents who preceded him, deployed the most agents ever—more than…
Readout of Vice President Harris’s Meeting with Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres
Vice President Kamala Harris met today with Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in Bletchley Park, the United Kingdom on the margins of the Global Summit on Artificial Intelligence Safety. The Vice President reaffirmed Israel’s right and duty to defend itself following the appalling Hamas terrorist attack of October 7 as well as…
Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada in Joint Press Conference
4:44 P.M. EDT PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU: (As interpreted.) Good afternoon, everyone. (In English.) It is a real pleasure to welcome my friend President Biden, Joe, to Canada this week. We had the opportunity to discuss the progress made under the February 2021 Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership, a plan our countries put forward a…