US to help Guatemala train its border protection force

The United States has agreed to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country's borders and putting a brake on uncontrolled migration

GUATEMALA CITY -- The United States agreed Monday to train members of a Guatemalan task force responsible for protecting the country’s borders and putting a brake on uncontrolled migration. The U.S. offer came during a video call between U.S Vice President Kamala Harris and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. The U.S. will send 16 employees of the Department of Homeland Security to aid in the effort. The United States will also help Guatemala to build shelters for returned migrants and help the migrants transition back to life in their home communities. The agreement comes amid a spike in the number of migrant children arriving at the U.S. border, man of them Guatemalan.