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The President of Guatemala, Alejandro Giammattei , said that the government of the president Joe Biden sends contrictive messages on migration, which has caused an increase in irregular immigrants in recent months.
He stated that during meetings with the Vice President Kamala Harris , who implements a plan to reduce irregular immigration, expressed concern about how these policies were communicated.
“I made them see that humanitarian messages were used here by the coyotes in a totally misrepresented way “, he said in an interview with Fox News . “Because they said there, we are going to promote family reunification and the coyotes passed by taking the children and adolescents to the United States, and the borders were filled, not only with people from Guatemala, it was a lot that is why we have proposed that Please be clear. ”
Giammattei celebrated Vice President Harris’s message during her visit to Guatemala, where she told immigrants: “Do not come. Do not come. We are going to return them ”.
“ The vice president yesterday said: ‘Don’t go, because we are not going to let you in’. That is a clear message, “said the Central American president. “ A lukewarm message only generates misinterpretation . You can say the messages in good faith, but there will be people who are going to misinterpret it. ”
The Biden Administration has a message that seeks to protect immigrants who are already in the USA, as well as reunite families that were separated during the government of Donald Trump .
However, both the president and the spokesperson Jen Psaki have asked Undocumented immigrants .
Vice President Harris’ recent comments were criticized by civil organizations, considering that asking non-citizens to avoid travel limits on your right to apply for asylum.
The Biden Administration continued úa with different efforts to reduce irregular immigration which during May had a minimal increase, of one per cent, that is, stopped more than 180, people .
This Thursday, the President’s Senior Advisor on Migration, Amy Pope, announced more than $ 57 millions of dollars humanitarian assistance at the solidarity event for forcibly displaced persons and communities of reception in Central America and Mexico.
“This assistance is the latest in a series of steps the United States has taken to implement our ambitious multi-pronged approach to address the root causes of irregular migration and strengthen collaborative migration management throughout the region ”, indicated the State Department.
