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On her first-ever international diplomatic trip as vice-president, Kamala Harris is taking on one of the nation’s biggest issues: immigration.
Ms Harris will meet the president of Guatemala on Monday and Mexico’s later this week.
Ms Harris has described her task as finding solutions to address the root causes of the border crisis. Her staff says this first visit is primarily an information-gathering trip.
She is also expected to meet with local business and community leaders as she looks to tackle underlying problems in the region, including corruption and the lack of economic opportunities.
Since she was assigned the
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