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Up First briefing: Top U.S. officials visit Mexico; 'Parasite' actor Lee Sun-kyun dies

U.S. officials travel to Mexico to talk immigration enforcement. South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun, who played a rich entrepreneur in the Oscar-winning film Parasite, was found dead.
Migrants huddling for warmth at an unofficial detention camp in Jacumba, Calif.

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to discuss immigration enforcement with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The meeting comes as an unprecedented number of migrants as an unprecedented number of migrants crosses the countries' border into the

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