The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, expressed in her tour of Guatemala that migration is a “priority” for the Joe Biden government, although she stressed that her country will continue “securing the border “. In his first official visit abroad, Harris said he will focus on issues such as vaccination against the coronavirus, fighting corruption and cooperation to address the causes of illegal migration. While asked the government of Guatemala to work together so that people “do not leave their home“, the vice president He sent a strong message to immigrants who plan to enter the United States without papers: “Don’t come.”.
“The fact of choosing Guatemala and Mexico for my first trip abroad reflects the importance that President Biden assigned to this region”, remarked Harris upon being received by the Guatemalan president, Alejandro Giammattei, to whom she expressed her interest in working together. The meeting, held at the National Palace of Culture, was attended by the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Pedro Brolo; the United States special envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Ricardo Zúñiga, and Biden’s advisor for Latin America, Juan González.
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Harris I consider that those who migrate “are fleeing harm or simply cannot meet their basic needs by staying at home“. For this reason, the US Vice President reiterated that it is necessary to give people “a sense of hope, that help is on the way”, in a region hard hit by covid-19, violence and poverty, a situation that was aggravated in 2020 by the passage of two hurricanes.
Harris announced in this regard a handful of initiatives that include a joint task force to combat human trafficking and smuggling, an anti-corruption mission and the shipment of half a million coronavirus vaccines. However, the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States was tough on illegal immigrants.
“The United States will continue to apply the laws and securing the border “Harris remarked in this regard. “There are legal methods by which immigration can and should occur. I think if they reach our borders will be rejectedSo let us discourage our friends, our neighbors and the members of our families from embarking on a journey that is also very dangerous, from which the only ones who benefit are the coyotes, “added the former prosecutor of the nation.
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As soon as he assumed the presidency, Biden suspended migrant deportations for 100 days, presented a bill to regularize the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country, and began admitting some asylum seekers who had been waiting in camps in Mexico for months. So far this year alone, more than 200,000 attempts by migrants from the region to enter the United States have been counted..
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