>latimes.com/politics/story/2024-02-05/kamala-harris-was-tapped-to-fix-an-immigration-crisis-but-the-target-has-moved

The three countries in Harris’ original portfolio showed significant drops in annual migration,from more than 700,000 border arrests in the 2021 budget year to fewer than 500,000 in 2023. But they are back up again in the first three months of the 2024 budget year.

If the United States could improve economic, security and political conditions in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, fewer people would risk the perilous journey and much of the problem could be solved, they reasoned.

Administration officials say that Harris should be judged on the pledges of $4.2 billion of private investments she has spurred and theapproximately $1 billion a year in U.S. aid to the three countries in her portfolio. 

Harris has spent little time in Central America, most recently skipping the inauguration of Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo Jan. 15 swearing in.

Kamala accomplished a decrease of 200,000 illegals from the 'Northern Triangle' at the cost of $1 billion per year.