{"id":555463,"date":"2021-06-07T13:36:38","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=555463"},"modified":"2021-06-07T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T17:36:40","slug":"vp-harris-team-claims-main-drivers-of-immigration-are-climate-change-economy-central-american-leaders-want-tougher-us-immigration-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-harris-team-claims-main-drivers-of-immigration-are-climate-change-economy-central-american-leaders-want-tougher-us-immigration-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Harris Team Claims \u2018Main Drivers\u2019 Of Immigration Are Climate Change, Economy. Central American Leaders Want Tougher US Immigration Policies."},"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\">40<\/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%2Fvp-harris-team-claims-main-drivers-of-immigration-are-climate-change-economy-central-american-leaders-want-tougher-us-immigration-policies%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=555463&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\/05\/GettyImages-1232954381.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Central America this week to discuss the \u201croot causes\u201d of the United States\u2019 immigration crisis, but her team has already decided on the \u201cmain drivers\u201d the Vice President plans to tackle with leaders in Guatemala and Mexico: \u201cclimate change\u201d and \u201cthe economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris, who was placed in charge of handling the ongoing immigration crisis at the United States\u2019 southern border nearly three months ago, has focused her efforts on Central America rather than on overcrowding or other issues dogging United States Customs and Border Protection. Sunday evening, ahead of her trip, her staff released a message claiming \u201cthat climate and the economy were among the \u2018main drivers\u2019 of the surge in migrants that saw more than 178,000 migrants hit the border in April alone, a number that continued a spike in February and March,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/harris-staff-migration-main-drivers-guatemala-president-us\">per Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has long believed that \u201cclimate change\u201d and \u201cclimate adaptation\u201d are key elements of a comprehensive immigration strategy: a theory she made clear when she announced her plan to travel to Central America as part of her immigration strategy, leaving the border in the hands of Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking of corruption, violence, and poverty, the lack of economic opportunity, the lack of climate adaptation and climate resilience, the lack of good governance,\u201d Harris said, listing her thoughts on what factors were driving a stream of asylum seekers to the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>She will be taking care of the \u201clack of economic opportunity\u201d issue almost immediately, giving Guatemala millions in aid \u2014 a taste of a multi-billion dollar Biden administration plan to boost economic stability in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraveling abroad for her first time as vice president, Harris will arrive Sunday evening in Guatemala bearing gifts: pledges for hundreds of thousands of\u00a0coronavirus vaccine doses, $310 million in regional humanitarian aid, and a $4 billion long-term plan to boost development and security across Central America,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/kamala-harris-border-migration-guatemala-mexico\/2021\/06\/04\/bf5f94bc-c4a1-11eb-8c34-f8095f2dc445_story.html\">the Washington Post noted Sunday night<\/a>. \u201cThose sweeteners may be used to offset what are expected to be tougher messages about battling corruption and upholding democratic norms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Guatemala, at least, does not plan to make Harris\u2019 requested changes. Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei told reporters in an interview Sunday that he and Harris \u201care not on the same side of the coin,\u201d and that is not the trouble in his country but rather the Biden administration\u2019s more welcoming attitude toward immigrants that is driving the \u201csurge\u201d to the border, per Fox.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message changed too: \u2018We\u2019re going to reunite families, we\u2019re going to reunite children,\u2019\u201d Giammattei told <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1401579688678543362\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a>. \u201cThe very next day, the coyotes were here organizing groups of children to take them to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He says he hopes that Harris will heed his government\u2019s request for a harder line on immigration from President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe asked the United States government to send more of a clear message to prevent more people from leaving,\u201d he told CBS.<\/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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is traveling to Central America this week to discuss the \u201croot causes\u201d of the United States\u2019 immigration crisis, but her team has already decided on the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279464,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232954381.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"VP Harris Team Claims \u2018Main Drivers\u2019 Of Immigration Are Climate Change, Economy. 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