U.S. to offer 300,000 work visas for Mexicans, Central Americans - Mexican official

FILE PHOTO: Migrants seeking for a U.S. work visa are seen waiting in a park of downtown of Monterrey, Mexico March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States will announce an offer of 300,000 work visas to Mexicans and Central Americans when the Mexican president visits Washington next month, Mexico's interior minister said Wednesday.

"Every day we're talking with the American government," Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez said in a speech while on a visit to the border town of Tijuana, where he met business leaders. Media reported parts of his speech.