US Vice President Kamala Harris flew to Guatemala City - her first stop on her debut international mission as second in command to US President Joe Biden - to discuss the root causes of illegal migration. WASHINGTON: Back on Wednesday from her debut international mission as US vice president, Kamala Harris caught flak from Republican critics accusing her of not taking the migration crisis seriously enough, but also from vocal progressives frustrated about border policy.
Now Biden has faltered on handling illegal immigration, and critics smell blood in the water - particularly after a series of Harris responses to questions about why she has yet to visit the US-Mexico border since the president tasked her with the immigration portfolio. Nearly 180,000 people were intercepted - more than 80 per cent of them coming from Mexico or the so-called Northern Triangle of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
But she also brought the Biden administration's pledge of a more humane immigration policy - in stark contrast with Trump's"zero tolerance" approach which is favoured by Republicans. He noted the surge in undocumented arrivals, Biden's ending of his predecessor's"Remain in Mexico" program, and the refusal to stop the practice of catch and release for low-risk migrants allowed to stay in the United States pending immigration hearings.
"This whole 'stay there and die' approach is not how our country will promote a more humane and just immigration system," congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tweeted.
The Biden administration has done everything wrong with respect to diplomacy since they took office. They've managed to disrespect China in Alaska, she blundered in Guatemala and really didn't communicate anything meaningful in Mexico. The US really needs to get its act together.
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