Ocho....
Could one not say the same thing about Central America?
Just sayin'....
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Biden Immigration Bill Sends $4B to Central America to Deal With 'Root Causes' of Migration, Including Corruption
By
Susan Jones | February 19, 2021 | 6:02am EST
President Trump blocked aid to Central American countries because of scenes such as this caravan making its way to the Southwest border. (Photo by John Moore/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the Senate sponsor of President Joe Biden's comprehensive immigration bill, on Thursday explained why Biden's bill is an improvement on President Trump's strict crackdown on people coming here illegally.
"Number one is, we deal with root causes, which has not been dealt with in the past," Menendez told MSNBC on Thursday. "When President Trump eliminated all of the assistance that we had built into Central America, he eliminated the ability to stop the root causes of why people flee."
Biden's bill would send $4 billion to Central American countries over four years, conditioned on the ability of Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala "to reduce the endemic corruption, violence, and poverty that causes people to flee their home countries."