Kamala Harris edges to White House efforts to stem migration at the border
Vice President Kamala Harris will lead U.S. efforts to stem migration at the southern border, President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday.
Biden administration continues to deal with the growing number of unattended migrant children at the border.
Harris under her new role will be working on establishing a partnership with Mexico, and the northern triangle of Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to emanate the flow of migrants to the U.S.
An increased number of children are being accepted into the US, leading to overcrowding in short-term, jail-like facilities run by Customs and Border Protection.
The Biden administration has struggled to move children quickly out of those facilities and into those run by the Department of Health and Human Services. By law, children are supposed to be moved out of CBP facilities within 72 hours.
As of Tuesday, Health and Human Services have 11,350 unaccompanied minors in its care.