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Vice President Kamala Harris will coordinate the efforts of the President’s government Joe Biden in immigration matters, in order to reduce irregular immigration from Central America.
This was confirmed by President Biden in an event attended by the Vice President.
“This new wave that we are facing now began in the past administration, but it is our responsibility to take care of it, ”he said. “I can’t think of someone better qualified for it” .
In a previous call with journalists, White House officials confirmed the decision and announced that the vice president already had her first meetings this morning with diplomatic members.
“As President Biden said, what needs to be addressed urgently will be led by the Vice President” , said a senior advisor.
Harris will have contact with the governments of Mexico and the countries that make up the Northern Triangle, that is, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, to find a solution to the problems that cause irregular immigration.
“The vice president has extensive experience in appealing to human rights for her work as attorney general in California and as a senator ”, it was presumed. “She will focus on two tracks, first she will work on the objective of regulating immigration to the United States, but her main objective will be to establish a strategic partnership with these countries based on in respect and sharing values ”.
Harris’s efforts will be through diplomatic channels, focused on in 1306719558 distinguish and confront “the roots of immigration” .
“One of the pieces that will be worked on is the possibility that the people, in their countries, in the Northern Triangle, have the possibility of requesting asylum in the United States without making this dangerous trip ”, he anticipated.
One of The officials paraphrased President Biden about the difficulties of solving the immigration problem, but defended that it would be the beginning of seeking that solution.