{"id":1508144,"date":"2022-06-08T16:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508144"},"modified":"2022-06-08T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:20:09","slug":"is-the-border-crisis-over-kamala-announces-central-america-will-make-more-clothes-for-the-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-the-border-crisis-over-kamala-announces-central-america-will-make-more-clothes-for-the-gap\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The Border Crisis Over? Kamala Announces Central America Will Make More Clothes For The Gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fis-the-border-crisis-over-kamala-announces-central-america-will-make-more-clothes-for-the-gap%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1508144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President Kamala Harris reappeared as \u201cBorder Czar\u201d Tuesday and announced she secured nearly $2 billion in investments from the private sector for Central America, as part of the Biden administration\u2019s effort to stop illegal migrants from crossing the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Ten new American companies pledged $1.9 billion dollars to fund projects in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala, including clothing company Gap promising it will \u201cincrease its sourcing\u201d from Central America by $50 million a year in an effort to create jobs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2022\/06\/07\/fact-sheet-vice-president-harris-announces-more-than-1-9-billion-in-new-private-sector-commitments-as-part-of-call-to-action-for-northern-central-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>SanMar, a U.S.-based apparel wholesaler, also said it will \u201cincrease its purchases of products manufactured in northern Central America by $500 million by 2025\u201d to create jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a caravan of approximately 6,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, is headed to the southern border, according to multiple reports. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/06\/migrants-border-caravan-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Migrant\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Caravan<\/span> Containing Thousands On Way To US Border)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are countries collapsing from poverty and violence. We strongly urge those who attend the summit \u2026 to look at what is happening, and what could happen even more often in Mexico, if something is not done soon,\u201d the caravan\u2019s organizer, Garcia Villagran, said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/migrant-caravan-mexico-heads-us-border-americas-summit-starts-2022-06-06\/?taid=629e43017385bc0001a4c522&#038;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&#038;utm_medium=trueAnthem&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Reuters. Villagran was referring to the Summit of Americas, which is hosted by President Biden and is set to discuss migration.<\/p>\n<p>Harris launched the \u201cU.S. Strategy to Address the Root Causes of Migration\u201d in July of 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Root-Causes-Strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promising<\/a> to \u201caddress the hardships that cause people to leave Central America and come to our border.\u201d She was heavily scrutinized by Republicans for not visiting the border for months, and has recently been missing\u00a0from her role as \u201cBorder Czar\u201d for months, not making any public statements about her plans to stop illegal migration. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/24\/kamala-harris-disappear-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: <span class=\"il\">Kamala<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Harris<\/span> Seems To Disappear Entirely Off The Map On Border Issues)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7446693\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7446693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venezuelan migrants taking part in a caravan heading to the US go to an informative assembly in Huixtla, Chiapas State, Mexico, on June 8, 2022. \u2013 Thousands of migrants left southern Mexico on Monday with the intention of heading to the United States, where the Summit of the Americas is taking place with migration on the agenda. (Photo by Pedro PARDO \/ AFP) (Photo by PEDRO PARDO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A record number of illegal migrants crossings occurred for Fiscal Year 2021 \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/22\/us\/politics\/border-crossings-immigration-record-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/22\/us\/politics\/border-crossings-immigration-record-high.html&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654797691956000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1YsP2nJgdJkDVXVMhIfRqN\">1.7 million<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 the most since recording began in 1960. Just over 450,000 occurred in Fiscal Year 2020.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/kamala-harris-spoke-to-giammattei-once-about-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/08\/kamala-harris-spoke-to-giammattei-once-about-illegal-immigration\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654799861058000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0B3EyKkdzVIRula-4Yclhr\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Harris<\/span>\u00a0had only spoken to him once since being appointed as Border Czar in March.<\/p>\n<p>Other projects announced Tuesday include pledges from agro-industrial corporation Pantaleon to build an industrial park in Guatemala, and a promise from a company that produces recycled and synthetic yarns, Unifi, to invest $15 million into expanding capacity, improving efficiency and reducing energy use in El Salvador\u2019s yarn production.<\/p>\n<p>Visa, the credit card company, \u201cwill invest more than $270 million over the next five years to expand financial inclusion and digital infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Agroamerica, a food corporation, invested $100 million to build banana and avocado plantations, among other projects to increase jobs. COATL, a digital services firm, invested $35 million in El Salvador\u2019s high-speed internet, along with Millicom, which invested $700 million. Fundaci\u00f3n Terra, a foundation that works with energy, pledged $24.5 million for education opportunities and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Yakazi, an automotive components producer, invested $110 million to hire over 14,000 more employees in Guatemala and El Salvador by the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese, we think, are pretty sizable direct investments in economies the size of the three countries in question, and they will be responsible for creating tens of thousands of jobs,\u201d a senior administration official said Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/kamala-harris-announces-2-billion-central-america-investment-amid-migration-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The private sector also committed $1.2 billion to Central America in December of 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris reappeared as \u201cBorder Czar\u201d Tuesday and announced she secured nearly $2 billion in investments from the private sector for Central America, as part of the Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":488,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1508144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/488"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1508144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1508144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1508144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1508144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1508144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}