U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday she will travel to Guatemala and Mexico next month, as she spearheads the Biden administration's efforts to deal with an increase in migration at the U.S. southern border.
"Currently, the plan is for me to travel to Mexico and Guatemala on June 7 and 8th. And I'm very much looking forward to that trip," Harris told reporters while on a visit to Rhode Island.
Harris has spoken twice with the president of Guatemala and once with the president of Mexico. She is expected to speak to the Mexican president again this week. Separately, Guatemalan Foreign Minister Pedro Brolo told Reuters on Wednesday the country has asked the United States for support in fighting drug cartel money laundering that the Central American country sees as a major source of corruption.In March, President Joe Biden entrusted Harris with leading U.S.
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