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Biden, leaders reach migration pact despite attendance flap

President Joe Biden, center participates in a family photo beside Colombian President Ivan Duque, left, and Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez and other heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) First lady Jill Biden, center, and spouses of heads of state applaud a musical performance by Youth Orchestra Los Angeles at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during a spouses luncheon at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) First lady Jill Biden, center, and spouses of heads of state watch a musical performance by Youth Orchestra Los Angeles at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during a spouses luncheon at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) First lady Jill Biden, center, stands spouses of heads of state after the spouses luncheon at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) Spouses of heads of state applaud first lady Jill Biden after a talk at a spouses luncheon at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) Secretary of State Antony Blinken walks to the podium before speaking at a news conference during the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) First lady Jill Biden, center, and spouses of heads of state applaud a musical performance by Youth Orchestra Los Angeles at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during a spouses luncheon at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) First lady Jill Biden, center, and spouses of heads of state applaud a musical performance by Youth Orchestra Los Angeles at The Walt Disney Concert Hall during a spouses luncheon at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Michael Owen Baker) President Joe Biden puts is arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez during a group photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden walks to his place during a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden, center, participates in a family photo with heads of delegations including Colombian President Iván Duque, left, and Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez, right at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden puts his arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden puts his arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Colombian President Ivan Duque as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Heads of delegations including President Joe Biden, center right, and Colombian President Iván Duque center left, pose for a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Colombian President Ivan Duque as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Heads of delegations including President Joe Biden, center right, and Colombian President Ivan Duque center left, pose for a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, center, speaks with Colombian President Ivan Duque as they in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) From left, Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso, President Joe Biden and Colombian President Ivan Duque motion during a meeting on migration at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden puts is arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez during a group photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden walks to his place during a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden, center, participates in a family photo with heads of delegations including Colombian President Iván Duque, left, and Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez, right at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden puts his arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden puts his arm around Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Participants pose for a family photo with heads of state and delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Colombian President Ivan Duque as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Heads of delegations including President Joe Biden, center right, and Colombian President Iván Duque center left, pose for a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, right, speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Colombian President Ivan Duque as they participate in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Heads of delegations including President Joe Biden, center right, and Colombian President Ivan Duque center left, pose for a family photo at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden, center, speaks with Colombian President Ivan Duque as they in a family photo with heads of delegations at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) From left, Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso, President Joe Biden and Colombian President Ivan Duque motion during a meeting on migration at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Migrants traveling as a group by foot rest at an open-air sports complex in Mapastepec, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Friday, June 10, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting for their status in a region with little job and away from his ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Migrants traveling as a group by foot rest at an open-air sports complex in Mapastepec, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Friday, June 10, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting for their status in a region with little job and away from his ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Migrants traveling as a group by foot rest at an open-air sports complex in Mapastepec, Chiapas state in southern Mexico, Friday, June 10, 2022. The group left Tapachula on Monday, tired of waiting for their status in a region with little job and away from his ultimate goal of reaching the United States. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Colombia President Ivan Duque discusses the Venezuelan diaspora in an interview with The Associated Press during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Taber) Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepare for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Colombia President Ivan Duque discusses the Venezuelan diaspora in an interview with The Associated Press during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Taber) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro prepares for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro listen during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau waits for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Colombia President Ivan Duque discusses the Venezuelan diaspora in an interview with The Associated Press during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Taber) Organization of American States Secretary General Luis Almagro listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepare for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Colombia President Ivan Duque discusses the Venezuelan diaspora in an interview with The Associated Press during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Taber) Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro prepares for the start of a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Antigua and Barbuda's Prime Minister Gaston Alphonso Browne speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benítez listens during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro listen during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davis speaks during a plenary session at the Summit of the Americas, Friday, June 10, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Joe Biden delivers a toast as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Walking with U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford, Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader waves to the media as he arrives for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Suriname's President Chan Santokhi and first lady Mellisa Santokhi-Seenacherry arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) President Joe Biden speaks with guests as he and first lady Jill Biden host a dinner during the Summit of the Americas, Thursday, June 9, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez and his wife, Fabiola Yáñez, are greeted by U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford as they arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Colombian President Iván Duque is greeted by U.S. Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford as he arrives for a dinner at the at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso and first lady María de Lourdes Alcívar arrive for a dinner at the Getty Villa during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Biden, leaders reach migration pact despite attendance flap