Mexico sees migrant 'crisis' at US-Mexico border as numbers spike

Mexico's Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena speaks during a ministerial level meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in Ukraine at U.N. headquarters in New York, September 20, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/ File Photo

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -There has been a "crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena told reporters on Friday in Washington, speaking alongside senior officials from both countries.

Many more migrants have reached the border in recent weeks, prompting alarm from some U.S. leaders and leading to increased security checks at the frontier that have caused trade delays.