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Psaki insists Harris still border czar after Guatemalan leader claims no contact
White House press secretary Jen Psaki claimed Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris is still the Biden administration’s point person on immigration after the president of Guatemala said in an interview last week that he has had no contact with any top US official since this summer.
President Alejandro Giammattei claimed to Fox News that he hasn’t heard from Harris since she visited Guatemala City in June as part of a rocky trip to discuss the “root causes” of the continuing immigration crisis at the US southern border.
“We had many conversations with your ambassador, but [between] my presidency and the White House, no,” Giammattei said. “I spoke once to Joe Biden because I introduced myself. Then we had the visit of Vice President Harris. On matters of state and migration, we had [Homeland Security Secretary] Mr. Alejandro Mayorkas [in July]. Aside from that direct communication, no, we have not had it.”
“Is Vice President Harris still in charge of addressing the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala?” Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked Psaki Monday.
“She is, and I just announced a commitment that she’s announcing this afternoon,” answered Psaki, referring to the $1.2 billion investment from international businesses to support the economies and social infrastructure of Central American nations.
“Well, then why is it that she has not spoken to the President of Guatemala since June?” Doocy followed up. “That’s six months.”
Psaki insists Harris still border czar after Guatemalan leader claims no contact
President Alejandro Giammattei claimed that he hasn’t heard from Vice President Harris since she visited Guatemala City to discuss the “root causes” of the immigration crisis.
