Harris tells Guatemalan president that migration is a top priority, after he blames US for surge

Vice President Kamala Harris told the president of Guatemala on Monday that tackling migration is a top priority for both countries, as she made her first visit to the region -- and Guatemala’s president blamed the US for the migrant surge at the border

Harris was appointed 75 days ago by President Biden to lead the U.S. diplomatic talks to solve the migration surge to the U.S. border, with a focus on what the administration sees as the "root causes" of the crisis that has seen hundreds of thousands of migrants flooding to the border since President Biden took office. More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the border in April alone, with officials estimating that thousands more have slipped by agents. The Biden administration has been scrambling to open facilities to house migrants, including the tens of thousands of unaccompanied children that have reached the border.