US Vice President Kamala Harris sends a strong message to migrants on her first international trip.

Wrapping up a trip to Guatemala and Mexico, Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a clear message to migrants who may feel compelled to migrate to the United States: “Do not come.” The World’s immigration editor Monica Campbell offers takeaways from this first trip, the challenges of trying to stem migration and the importance of US-Mexico relations in this effort.

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