US pledges $300 million in migration support at Americas Summit

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While the Summit of the Americas concludes Friday after starting with discord, President Joe Biden wanted to end the week on a high note. The US unveiled a long list of measures to confront the migration crisis in the Western Hemisphere and pledged hundreds of millions to tackle the problems. Jason Margolis interviewed Mark Feierstein, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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