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 Harris’ callous warning to Central American migrants ignores U.S. role in why they come | Opinion

By Jean Guerrero
June 14, 2021 04:49 PM, Updated June 14, 2021 05:04 PM

 

Kamala Harris’ first international trip as vice president started in Guatemala with a blunt message for migrants: “Do not come,” she said, shaking her head at a news conference with Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei. “Do not come.”

It’s possible that the message was meant less for the ears of migrants than for Fox News pundits and Republicans who relentlessly mischaracterize the Biden administration’s half-hearted steps toward a humane immigration policy as “open borders.”

Regardless, with those three words — “Do not come” — Harris signaled disdain for the rights of asylum seekers under federal and international laws and dashed many people’s hopes that she might reform U.S. foreign policy in the region, which has long involved a contradictory combination of humanitarian aid and support for militaries that attack human rights.

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