Harris Promises Border Visit, Urges Focus on Migration Roots

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Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Kamala Harris at Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on June 8.Photographer: Hector Vivas/Getty Images

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By Jennifer Epstein and Jordan Fabian

June 8, 2021 at 4:56 PM UTC

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June 8, 2021 at 11:50 PM UTC

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Vice President Kamala Harris said she’ll visit the U.S. southern border but urged American lawmakers to focus on the causes of mass migration from Central America, deflecting Republican criticism after meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday.

“It would be very easy to just say we’ll travel to one place and therefore it’s solved. Well, I don’t think anybody thinks that that would be the solution,” Harris told reporters traveling with her in Mexico on Tuesday.