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   Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday afternoon hosted a   
   webcast meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei   
   to discuss the “root causes” of the illegal immigration crisis   
   on the US-Mexico border.   
      
   Harris has been President Biden’s point person on addressing the   
   “root causes” of a surge in illegal crossings, but critics   
   question her commitment, noting her lack of relevant travel and   
   rare public events.   
      
   Harris said during brief opening remarks that “the Western   
   hemisphere is our collective home” and that there would be a   
   wide-ranging discussion closed to journalists.   
      
   “We are looking at the issue of poverty and the lack therefore   
   of economic opportunities; the issue of extreme weather   
   conditions and the lack of climate adaptation, as well as   
   corruption and the lack of good governance, and violence against   
   women, indigenous people, LBGTQ people and Afro-descendants,”   
   she said.   
      
   Harris said “I look forward to traveling to Guatemala and   
   meeting with you in person. Currently our plan is to come there   
   in the month of June.”   
      
   Harris has yet to visit Central America or tour the border — but   
   she has traveled extensively to promote Biden’s nearly $2   
   trillion COVID-19 stimulus bill and his proposed more than $2   
   trillion infrastructure package.   
      
   The vice president spoke last month by phone with Giammattei,   
   whose citizens form one of the largest groups of migrants   
   illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, and she recently said   
   she plans to visit Guatemala and Mexico.   
      
   Harris said Monday that “the United States plans to increase   
   relief to the region, strengthen our cooperation to manage   
   migration in an effective, secure and humane manner.”   
      
   She also claimed that the US “is building a comprehensive   
   strategy with international institutions with allies around the   
   globe, with foundations here in the United States and the   
   private sector as well as community organizations.”   
      
   Giammattei told Harris, according to a pool report, that “the   
   Guatemalan government wishes to be your partner in order to   
   address… not only poverty but of so many evils that affect us.”   
      
   There’s at least a 20-year high in illegal crossings along the   
   border. Although the Biden administration claims it turns away   
   all single adults and most family units under a Trump   
   administration COVID-19 policy, it has allowed all unaccompanied   
   minors to stay at least temporarily in cramped, jail-like   
   facilities.   
      
   Biden on March 24 asked Harris to lead the US response to the   
   unprecedented surge of migrants from the “Northern Triangle” —   
   Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador — in Central America.   
      
   But the White House later emphasized she would address only the   
   “root causes” of migration and not border enforcement.   
      
   In this role, Harris spoke last month with Mexican President   
   Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but she has yet to speak with   
   Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández or with El Salvador’s   
   President Nayib Bukele.   
      
   Last week, the top Republicans on three House committees wrote   
   in a biting letter to Harris, “it is unclear what, if any   
   actions you have directed or plan to initiate to respond to the   
   crisis that continues to worsen each day.”   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/04/26/kamala-harris-hosts-virtual-   
   meeting-with-guatemala-president/   
       
      
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