{"id":459950,"date":"2021-04-27T14:20:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T18:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=459950"},"modified":"2021-04-27T14:20:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T18:20:35","slug":"kamala-harris-promises-300-million-in-aid-to-central-america-to-solve-migrant-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-promises-300-million-in-aid-to-central-america-to-solve-migrant-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Promises $300 Million In Aid To Central America To Solve Migrant Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-promises-300-million-in-aid-to-central-america-to-solve-migrant-crisis%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=459950&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/og-default.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>In a meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei, Vice President Kamala Harris, who was put in charge of handling the Biden administration\u2019s immigration crisis last month, pledged $310 million in aid to the \u201cGolden Triangle\u201d of Central American countries in order to address the \u201croot causes\u201d of illegal immigration over United States\u2019 southern border.<\/p>\n<p>The money, Harris\u2019s office said, will go to solve the issue of \u201cfood insecurity\u201d that the administration claims is instrumental in driving migrants from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras to join \u201cmigrant caravans\u201d that travel together, through Mexico, to the American border. Members of these migrant caravans often try to seek asylum, which triggers involvement from the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency, which must process each asylum seeker and assign them an immigration court hearing date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn light of the dire situation and acute suffering faced by millions of people in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, Vice President Harris announced an additional $310 million in U.S. government support for humanitarian relief and to address food insecurity,\u201d according to a statement from Harris\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the $310 million, $255 million will go toward humanitarian relief while $55 million will address food insecurity in the region,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/27\/us-to-send-310m-to-central-america-train-guatemala-force\/\">the New York Post added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the United States is pledging to help Guatemala train its border patrol and improve how the country cares for migrants who are sent back or return of their own volition, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. will send 16 employees of the Department of Homeland Security to aid in the effort,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/04\/26\/guatemala-border-protection-force-484771\">outlet reported Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cThe United States will also help Guatemala to build shelters for returned migrants and help the migrants transition back to life in their home communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who was assigned to handle the ongoing migrant crisis at the United States\u2019 southern border, has instead been focusing on what she terms the \u201croot causes\u201d of the uptick in immigration and, on Sunday, said that she would travel to Central America to view the situation firsthand, though she has no plans to visit the United States-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>That situation, she said, is the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s purview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn her opening remarks, Harris spoke about what she described as the \u2018acute causes\u2019 of the spike in migration \u2014 hurricanes that battered the region last fall, a persistent drought, and the coronavirus pandemic \u2014 as well as \u2018root causes\u2019 like the lack of economic opportunity in the region, extreme weather conditions and government corruption,\u201d Politico noted.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did not reference President Joe Biden\u2019s executive orders loosening the Trump administration\u2019s immigration restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Although the issue is no longer commanding headlines in the mainstream media, the so-called child migrant crisis is ongoing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-04-08\/us-says-nearly-19-000-kids-picked-up-traveling-alone-across-mexican-border-in-march-largest-monthly-number-ever-tallied\">According to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>, nearly 20,000 child migrants were picked up crossing the border in March \u2014 a record. The problem is not limited to children; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/04\/02\/983937001\/more-than-170-000-migrants-nabbed-illegally-crossing-southwest-border-in-march\">National Public Radio<\/a>, which leans left, more than 170,000 illegal immigrants were taken into border patrol custody during the same time period \u2014 \u201cthe highest monthly total since 2006.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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