{"id":5045,"date":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/harris-vice-president-guatemala-arevalo-c230ddd35f712e55847a07c766e2c161\/"},"modified":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","slug":"harris-vice-president-guatemala-arevalo-c230ddd35f712e55847a07c766e2c161","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwjqp1.com\/harris-vice-president-guatemala-arevalo-c230ddd35f712e55847a07c766e2c161\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden and Harris discuss migration in separate White House meetings with Guatemalan leader Ar\u00e9valo"},"content":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Bernardo Ar\u00e9valo<\/a>, the newly elected president of Guatemala, to the White House on Monday to praise his battle against corruption and promote their work on stemming migration from Central America.<\/p>\n \u201cYour leadership can help rebuild the Guatemalan people\u2019s trust in their institutions, and give them a sense of hope and opportunity,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n President Joe Biden met privately afterward with Ar\u00e9valo to congratulate him on his inauguration, the White House said later Monday. They discussed good governance, effective migration management, the importance of upholding democracy and other issues, the White House said.<\/p>\n The Democratic vice president announced that her efforts to address the root causes of migration<\/a> by improving economic opportunity in the region have generated $5.2 billion in private sector commitments. <\/p>\n \u201cThe problems, of course, did not occur overnight, and the solutions will not be achieved overnight,\u201d Harris said. But there has been short-term progress, she said. <\/p>\n Migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras \u2014 an area known as the Northern Triangle \u2014 have long made the journey north to the U.S.-Mexico border. Successive administrations have struggled to manage the flow of migrants, and it\u2019s become a humanitarian and political challenge for Biden during this year\u2019s election. Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress say the nation\u2019s immigration system is broken, but lawmakers have failed to address the problem.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n READ MORE<\/p>\n \u2018Frozen in time.\u2019 Kamala Harris tours bloodstained building where 2018 Parkland massacre happened<\/a><\/p>\n Kamala Harris marks first visit to Puerto Rico as vice president, riling some in the US territory<\/a><\/p>\n Alex Morgan has late goal, leads San Diego past Gotham FC 1-0 in the Challenge Cup<\/a><\/p>\n Harris and Ar\u00e9valo discussed the Biden administration\u2019s use of so-called \u201csafe mobility offices,\u201d<\/a> which were set up in Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica and Ecuador in the fall, among other immigration matters. The safe mobility offices are designed to streamline the U.S. refugee process<\/a> so migrants apply where they are and avoid paying smugglers to make the journey north. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n The number of arrests for illegally crossing<\/a> the U.S.-Mexico border nudged upward in February over the previous month<\/a> to 140,644, although it was still among the lowest monthly tallies in Biden\u2019s presidency. Of those, 23,216 were Guatemalan.<\/p>\n Ar\u00e9valo took office in January after winning the presidency in August, beating the establishment candidate by a comfortable margin. He is the son of a former president credited with implementing some of Guatemala\u2019s key labor protections, but his strong showing in a crowded field was still a shock.<\/p>\n
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