United States Vice President Kamala Harris announced Wednesday that she will travel to Mexico and Guatemala in early June, her first overseas trip since taking office on January 20.
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“At this point, I plan to visit Mexico and Guatemala on June 7 and 8,”
she said.
The vice-president, who has been charged by US President Joe Biden with managing the sensitive immigration file, has more broadly pledged global action against the causes "
at the root"
of the influx of migrants to the border with Mexico.
"We will not make significant progress if corruption persists in the region,"
she stressed earlier this week.
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