Kamala tries to blame climate change, economy, but Guatemala president says Biden owns migrant surge
June 7, 2021 | Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei unloaded on the Biden administration’s border policies for essentially enabling human trafficking even as Vice President Kamala Harris’ staff insisted the crisis has been brought on by other factors.
Ahead of Harris’ arrival in Guatemala, Giammattei spoke with CBS News and criticized the administration’s “family reunification” policies, noting how the changes made by President Joe Biden since taking office – and effectively rolling back his predecessor’s immigration restrictions- have triggered a surge in human trafficking and smuggling. Meanwhile, Harris spokesperson Symone Sanders on Sunday claimed that the “main drivers” for the increasing surge of illegal immigrants over the southern border are actually climate change and the economy.
“Joe Biden is responsible for this border crisis,” U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted Monday, along with a video clip of Giammattei’s interview. “Even the President of Guatemala agrees.”
“The message changed to ‘we’re going to reunite families and we’re going to reunite children. The very next day the coyotes were here organizing groups of children to take them to the United States,” Giammattei told CBS News.
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