: Why Kamala Harris’ Trip to Honduras Is Really About the U.S.-Mexico Border #WorldNEWS Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Honduras on Thursday to attend the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the

Why Kamala Harris’ Trip to Honduras Is Really About the U.S.-Mexico Border #WorldNEWS
Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Honduras on Thursday to attend the inauguration of Xiomara Castro, the countrys new president who the White House hopes will be part of its fight against the root causes of migration that have spurred millions of people from Central America to flee to the U. S. for decades.
For years, multiple U. S. administrations have poured billions of dollars into Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala—the so-called Northern Triangle region—to battle corruption, improve law and order, create jobs, and, ultimately, reduce migration to Americas southern border. The funding, however, has had little measurable impact, experts say, due in large part to a lack of well-placed, long-term investment and the endemic corruption that has destabilized all three countries.
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But the Biden Administration hopes Castros election could herald a turning point, at least in Honduras. Castro ran a historic campaign on an anti-corruption platform, and has said she is willing to work with Washington to address the issues that have led to hundreds of thousands of Hondurans to leave home for years: high poverty, violence and climate change, all worsened by the belief that elected officials are interested less in working for Hondurans than lining their own pockets.
Poverty doesnt necessarily lead to immigration. Poverty without hope, and with insecurity and fear, is whats driving migration from the Northern Triangle, says Charles Call, associate professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution at American University. Bad governance is at the core of the inability to create hope and security.
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Harris, who was tapped by President Joe Biden to lead the Administrations root causes effort, traveled to Honduras with a delegation of members of Congress, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the State Department and the U. S. Embassy in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa. The Vice President plans to meet with Castro after her inauguration on Thursday to talk about promoting economic growth, combating corruption and managing migration, according to senior Administration officials who briefed the press prior to Harriss trip.
The White House fight against root causes
The Biden Administration committed early on to tackling the root causes of migration from Northern Triangle countries, proposing a billion four-year plan in an immigration bill. The bill was introduced in Congress and the Senate in February 2021 by Rep. Linda Sánchez and Sen. Bob Menendez, but there has so far not been any movement on it.

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