Harris’ Overambitious Immigration Plan Sets Up Trump Attacks
- Goal was to fix root causes of emigration from Central America
- Three years later, there’s little to show for the effort
Kamala Harris listens during a virtual roundtable with representatives from Guatemalan community-based organizations in 2021.
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Kamala Harris’ effort to tackle the root causes of migration is now one of her biggest liabilities as she seeks the presidency.
As vice president she had a broad, if ambitious, mandate to tackle problems contributing to a surge in migration from Central America to the US: Fight corruption; lure investment and strengthen the rule of law. Promote human rights and battle organized crime.