Guatemala pressures Biden on relief for migrants

Published January 14, 2016 9:44pm ET



Newly elected Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales asked Vice President Joe Biden Thursday to stop deporting migrants from his country that are fleeing violence by traveling to the United States, and said the U.S. should give them temporary asylum.

Biden arrived in Guatemala Thursday to greet the newly-elected president and attend his inauguration.

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