Vice President Kamala Harris praised the work to address the root causes of migration in a meeting with the president of Guatemala, saying conditions are improving in Central America even as immigration in the United States surges.

“For the past three years, I have led our administration’s efforts to address the root causes of migration from northern Central America and to create what we have named the root causes strategy,” she said. “This work is improving lives and livelihoods in the region and addressing the factors that drive people to migrate to the United States.”