<p>Vice President Kamala Harris this week went on her first foreign trip since taking office, visiting Guatemala and Mexico to address what she refers to as the root causes of mass migration, after the U.S. saw the largest number of border apprehensions in 20 years.</p><p>Axios Re:Cap speaks with Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to President Biden and National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere, about what Harris accomplished, criticisms of her trip and what happens next on U.S. immigration policy.</p>

Vice President Kamala Harris this week went on her first foreign trip since taking office, visiting Guatemala and Mexico to address what she refers to as the root causes of mass migration, after the U.S. saw the largest number of border apprehensions in 20 years. Axios Re:Cap speaks with Juan Gonzalez, special assistant to President Biden and National Security Council Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere, about what Harris accomplished, criticisms of her trip and what happens next on U.S. immigration policy.

WH official Juan Gonzalez on Kamala Harris' trip to address mass migration

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