Salvadoran president tells Tucker: Mass immigration 'not profitable,' 'feeding on dependency'
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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele told Fox News' Tucker Carlson that his government is as concerned about the illegal immigration crisis at the southern border as many people in America.
Bukele said that in his nearly two years in office he has worked to improve both conditions for the people of El Salvador, but that there is much more ground to make up. He told Carlson that his government's improvements are however borne out in the observation that there are much fewer "caravans" of migrants heading through Mexico from El Salvador than from neighboring Honduras or Guatemala. "It is obvious, our country has failed to provide two basic things which are the two main drivers of immigration which are the lack of economic opportunity and a lack of security," he said. "[But] most people don't want to leave their country. They like their country, their food, weather, it is their country. And they have their family members here and their friends." He said that the U.S. had become a draw for many of his citizens because it offered both key elements he mentioned prior.More Related News