US vice-president Kamala Harris has brushed off questions about her decision not to go to the US-Mexico border as part of her work to address the spike in migration. Harris, who was asked about the issue during visits to Mexico and Guatemala, said: 'I've been to the border before and I will go again, but when I'm in Guatemala dealing with root causes, I think we should have a conversation about what is going on in Guatemala', Harris said. Republican lawmakers have criticised her for not prioritising the shared frontier

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