Vice President Kamala Harris met with Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador as she sought cooperation with the country regarding the Central American Migration, COVID-19 vaccine sharing, and border security. The meeting happened on Tuesday, closing Harris' first trip overseas as the U.S. vice president.

It can be remembered that Vice President Kamala Harris also visited Guatemala, and met with President Alejandro Giamattei, who blamed the Biden administration for the migrant surge, arguing that the promise of reuniting families and children prompted "coyote" groups to organize groups of children to take them to the U.S.

VP Kamala Harris Says Mexico and U.S. "Embarking on a New Era"

The meeting between the two leaders happened at Mexico's National Palace, according to a USA Today report. Vice President Harris noted that she had "very direct and candid conversations" regarding her goal to address the root causes of migration from the Northern Triangle countries.

Furthermore, Harris also shared that she discussed economic development, curbing drug smuggling and human trafficking, and post-security initiatives, with Mexico President López Obrador.

Moreover, Vice President Kamala Harris also announced that the U.S. will invest $130 million in technical assistance and cooperation over the next three years with Mexico, to implement labor legislation, as well as $250 million for the economic development in Southern Mexico. Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reported that Mexico extended their domestic cash-for-tree-planting and youth unemployment benefit programs to El Salvador and Honduras.

Harris pointed out that the work they did in Guatemala and Mexico implied the importance of looking "not only what is happening at the border but what is causing that to happen."

"We cannot be simplistic and assume that there is only one element or way of approaching the overall problem," said Harris.

Apart from the extension of programs geared towards curbing Central American migration, U.S. and Mexico will also exchange information and take a step, in curbing human trafficking and smuggling organizations. The two countries will also work together in expanding the "forensic capacity," to solve more than 82,000 cases of missing individuals in Mexico.

"I strongly believe that we are embarking on a new era that makes clear interdependence and interconnection between nations," said Harris at the start of her meeting with Mexico's president.

The meeting between Kamla Harris and the Mexican president lasted for two hours.

AOC Slams Kamala Harris Over Guatemala Speech

Before Kamala Harris meeting with Mexico's López Obrador, the vice president met with President Giamattei of Guatemala, where she conveyed a clear message that migrants should not come to the borders, according to The Guardian.

However, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expressed slammed the vice president and expressed her disappointment in her comments.

AOC argued that seeking asylum at any U.S. border is legal. The congresswoman also noted that "We can't help set their house on fire and blame them for fleeing," said Ocasio-Cortez, arguing that the U.S. spent years in "contributing regime change and destabilization" in the region.

Apart from AOC, several human rights groups also commented on Kamala Harris discouraging the migrants to come to the U.S.-Mexico borders. "Seeking asylum is a right under the U.S. and international law," said one group called Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project.

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