United States

The United States identified $25 million for the Global Concessional Financing Facility (GCFF) as part of our Los Angeles Declaration efforts to support refugee and host communities in eligible middle-income countries.

The United States obligated more than $314 million in humanitarian and development assistance for the region, with nearly $103 million in humanitarian assistance funding from the Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration to support Venezuelan refugees and migrants; $171 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance providing humanitarian aid funding and emergency food assistance for Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, as well as multisectoral humanitarian support for vulnerable Venezuelans still in their home country; and $40 million in development funding from USAID’s Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean to support the integration of migrants in Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Panama, and Belize.

The United States has announced nearly $817 million in new assistance since September supporting Los Angeles Declaration efforts. This includes more than $240 million in new regional humanitarian and security assistance to address the immediate drivers and root causes of migration announced in Lima.  This also includes $376 million in additional humanitarian assistance for people affected by the Venezuela regional crisis and more than $199 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Mexico and Central America.

The United States has made more than 5,000 arrests of people suspected of crimes related to human smuggling and association with transnational criminal organizations since April 2022. The interruptions to criminal activities resulted in the seizure of hundreds of thousands of dollars, electronic devices, weapons, ammunition, and vehicles.  This campaign will continue.

The United States supports Transnational Criminal Investigative Units to improve host-country capacity to investigate transnational crime, including human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Mexico, Panama, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

The United States implemented the Asylum Processing Interim Final Rule (IFR) in May to allow for expedited processing of asylum claims of noncitizens who enter the United States via the U.S. border.