Vice President Kamala Harris left Mexico City on Tuesday for the United States after a tour of 48 hours days in Mexico and Guatemala, where he met with presidents, government authorities and other personalities to discuss immigration-related issues.
Harris and his companions left the Mexican capital by air around 20. 00 hours (01.00 GMT Wednesday) and will land around midnight at Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington.
Vice President Kamala Harris , emphasized the importance of correcting the “root causes” of migration in his final comments on his trip to Mexico and Guatemala to address the increase in migrants on the southwestern border of the United States.
“I want to make it very clear that the problem at the border to a large extent, if not entirely, it is due to the problems in these countries, ”Harris told reporters Tuesday night.
Kamala Harris has referred to the progress of the Biden administration to deal with the influx of undocumented immigrants on the border between the United States and Mexico , amid criticism inside and outside the United States.
Harris emphasized the “root causes” of migration during his two-day trip to Guatemala and Mexico .
After passing through Guatemala, where he met with the president Alejandro Giammattei and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, the indigenous leader Rigoberta Menchú , among other personalities , the US vice president arrived in Mexico on Monday, where she met on Tuesday with the president Andrés Manuel López Obrado r at the National Palace.
The Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obr ador, met with Harris for more than an hour Tuesday, but did not attend a press conference where the vice president said she was “optimistic about the potential for progress.” During an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt, which was recorded in Guatemala on Monday and broadcast on Tuesday, Harris insisted that progress had already been made.
“The meeting with the vice president of The United States, Kamala Harris , was transcendent, beneficial for our peoples, and very pleasant, “said the president on his social networks.
The first official visit of Kamala Harris to Mexico was contemplated to mainly address the migratory phenomenon in both nations.
“The Governments of Mexico and the United States subscribe a common humanistic vision, under which orderly, safe and regular migratory flows are sought in in conjunction with cooperation mechanisms that address the structural causes of migration, “said a statement from the Mexican government.
The Office of the Vice President of the United States highlighted among the main agreements reached this Tuesday the interest of the United States in attracting investment in the lagging south of Mexico with an investment of $ 250 million dollars to promote chains of value in rural products such as coffee or ecotourism.
“A strategic alliance is also created to address the lack of economic opportunities in the north of Central America” and Mexican programs will be strengthened -and exported to El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala- in reforestation and support for young people. ”
In an unexpected announcement, the United States government presented a association to solve cases of disappearances in Mexico , which add up to more than 82, 00 0 people in that country.
In the delegation that accompanied Harris to his tour were Juan González, special advisor to President Joe Biden for Latin America , and Ricardo Zúñiga, special envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America.
With information from EFE