WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris is planning a trip to Mexico and Guatemala as she leads the White House’s diplomatic efforts to tackle the migration challenge at the U.S.
southern border. Harris told reporters Wednesday that she was “looking forward to traveling, hopefully as my first trip, to the Northern Triangle,” with stops in Mexico and Guatemala planned.
She said she would go as soon as possible, depending on restrictions put in place for the pandemic. But when asked if she would visit the border, Harris suggested she had no plans to do so, noting that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had been tasked by the president with dealing with the increase in migration there, while she was focused on dealing with the