Vice President Kamala Harris’ staff on Sunday insisted that the 'main drivers' of the migrant surge to the southern border are climate and the economy -- as Harris arrived in Guatemala and after the Guatemalan president blamed the change in U.S. administrations for the crisis.
staff on Sunday insisted that the"main drivers" of the migrant surge to the southern border are climate and the economy – as Harris arrived in Guatemala and after the Guatemalan president blamed the change in U.S. administrations for the crisis.
KAMALA HARRIS' DIPLOMATIC TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA GETS OFF TO BUMPY START AS PLANE FORCED TO TURN AROUND"We see corruption as one of the most important root causes to be dealt with," special envoy Richard Zuniga said.and interior enforcement policies that they say have sent the signal to migrants that the border is open. The Biden administration has denied that, saying that the border is closed.
Harris, who was put in charge of diplomatic outreach to solve the crisis in March, has also emphasized the"root causes." "The message changed too: ‘We’re going to reunite families, we’re going to reunite children,’" he told."The very next day, the coyotes were here organizing groups of children to take them to the United States."
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