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The migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is one that is not going to be fixed overnight, according to Vice President Kamala Harris, who last month was appointed by President Biden to manage the U.S. response to the crisis.
Since receiving her border-related assignment more than three weeks ago, Harris has spoken with the leaders of Mexico and Guatemala – and is making plans to visit both countries soon.
But Harris has not yet spoken with the leaders of El Salvador or Honduras, two countries that, along with Guatemala, make up the so-called Northern Triangle of Central America, according to the Los Angeles Times.
By Conor Finnegan, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) The Biden administration is working “to surge humanitarian assistance to” Central American countries and to offer new “legal paths” for migration, according to U.S. officials, as it tries to manage a historic jump in the number of migrants reaching the southern U.S. border.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Mexico’s president Wednesday as she takes the lead for the new administration in addressing what has become a critical security, foreign policy, and political challenge.
After speaking to Harris last week, Guatemala’s president told ABC News Wednesday that the U.S. must work with his country, El Salvador and Honduras “to build walls of prosperity” that encourage migrants to stay home and to increase cooperation on trade and law enforcement against human smugglers.
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The Biden administration is working to surge humanitarian assistance to Central American countries and to offer new legal paths for migration, according to U.S. officials, as it tries to manage a historic jump in the number of migrants reaching the southern U.S. border.
Guatemala s president calls for US to help build a wall of prosperity
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