Guatemalan president says he's had no direct contact with White House since border czar Harris' June meeting
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Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei told Fox News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that he has not spoken with the White House since Vice President Kamala Harris met him in Guatemala City over the summer.
On Harris' stated focus on "root causes" of migration in Central America, Giammattei suggested on "America Reports" that the crisis is not a single-faceted issue.
"First of all, migration can’t be stopped on the basis of circumstantial causes. It needs to be stopped on the basis of structural causes," he said, pointing to the drug cartels that are largely in Mexico who also smuggle Guatemalans and other humans into the U.S.
"It’s a big business to run trafficking-person schemes. It’s a $4 billion business for these criminals. And therefore we need to address structural causes," Giammattei added.