U.S. and Mexico Leaders Meet as Migration and Fentanyl Pose Major Challenge

President Biden’s top cabinet officials and their Mexican counterparts met Thursday as both countries sought a united front on drug and gun trafficking and managing record levels of migration.

The U.S. officials — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick B. Garland — are particularly focused on bolstering efforts with Mexico to curtail the stream of deadly fentanyl wreaking havoc in communities throughout the United States.

But officials made a point to elevate the significance of the current global migration movement that...