Minister Marco Rubio and Minister of Public Security Frank Abrago at a journey of a host to Watan

Minister Abrago: (In progress) (via a translator), seven of them with criminal records, and the rest is to violate the rules of migrants in Panama. We continue to develop the (unheard) of the United States, and we continue our strategic alliance of maintaining control of our borders. Thank you very much.

Supervisor: (Through a translator translator) Thank you very much, Mr. Minister. Now we will hear words from Foreign Minister Marco Rubio.

Rubio Secretary: (Through the translator translator) Thank you very much for sharing this with us today. This is evidence of the great partnership between the United States and Panama, a friendly country, brother, we have many great relations and cooperation. What happened in the hemisphere with collective migration is very unfortunate. It is a tragedy, and we have people – as part of this process – in many cases people are victims or sacrificed through this irregular path that created issues for many countries in the region. We also understand from the United States that most people who come here have a goal in the end to the United States, so you can say that at a certain stage our borders in Texas or Mexico do not start; It starts a lot down. What we can do is create incentives so that people do not make this trip.

We have seen today’s cooperation program that helps prevent criminal dates, in which case, in this group, there were six or seven people with a criminal history – so the idea is to prevent them from moving forward and creating problems in Panama, but also other countries. This will be impossible without the United States cooperating with the government of our friends here in Panama. We have worked hard together, and we will continue to do this as part of very many things where we have strong cooperation with our friends and partners in the Panamanian government.

(In English) for a short period, group migration is one of the great tragedies of the modern era. It affects countries all the way. We realize that many people looking for mass migration are often victims – a victim along the way. This is not good for anyone. The only people who benefit from mass migration are the travelers. Thus, this is a program that explains how to cooperate with our powerful allies here in Panama to help stop the flow by creating inhibitors, by sending a clear message that if you come and come out irregularly, you may be stopped and you may be returned to the country of origin. This can be done in a regular, generous but effective way. We have seen this in the number; The numbers have decreased significantly.

This program – and what I saw here today was possible because of a partnership between the United States and our friends here in Panama. And part of it is taxpayer dollars in work through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and through the programs we offer. This program – this trip was today possible due to the waiver that we issued, and then we will issue a broader trip to continue this cooperation. This is an example of the type of program in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which helps to make America stronger, safer and more prosperous, as well as enhances the work of our allied allies as we find here in Panama. It is an effective program – works. On this trip alone, there were at least six or seven people with criminal records – many of whom were seeking to continue in the forward. All countries are terrified throughout the road and along the road, and in the end if they reach the southern border of the United States and enter the United States, they create serious problems for us.

This is an effective way to stop the flow of illegal immigration, and collective migration – which is devastating and unable to stability – and it was impossible to dispense with the strong partnership that we have here with our friends and allies in Panama. We will continue to do this, and we are grateful for that. Thank you.