H.R. 1690 would require the Department of State to negotiate agreements with the governments of Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other neighboring countries to cooperate on immigration enforcement in the region. The aim of those agreements would be to reduce the number of asylum seekers entering the United States, to help foreign countries protect asylum seekers and adjudicate their claims, to expedite the adjudication of asylum claims in the United States, and to facilitate the repatriation of foreign nationals. The United States has diplomatic relations with those foreign countries and CBO estimates that negotiating the agreements required under H.R. 1690 would not significantly increase the costs of the department’s ongoing engagement related to immigration enforcement.