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Harris said the task to lead these efforts was not assigned by President Joe Biden, but that he asked her “to carry on the work that he did” as vice president under former President Barack Obama.

She noted that parts of the federal government like the Commerce and Agriculture departments will be rolling out policies to help, and that she plans to work with community-based organizations in countries such as Mexico and Guatemala to make conditions better and give citizens a reason to stay in their countries.

Harris also said the hardest part of the work is rebuilding relations with the nations of Central America after the Trump administration.

“We’re making progress, but it’s not going to evidence itself overnight,” she said. “Part of the problem is that under the previous administration, they pulled out, essentially, a lot of what had been the continuum of work. It essentially came to a standstill. We have to rebuild it, and I’ve made it very clear to our team that this has to be a function of a priority that is an American priority, and not just a function of whoever is just sitting in this chair.”