W.H. Chief of Staff: As Obama’s VP, Pres. Biden Learned that It’s Effective to Put VP in Charge of Border Crisis

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KLAIN: "Well, I think one lesson he learned is that putting the vice president in charge of working with these countries can be very effective. And that’s one reason why he asked Vice President Harris to lead this effort in his administration, to focus on trying to deal with the root causes of this migration. As the president said at his press conference, parents don’t send their minor children on a multi-thousand mile hazardous journey as a frolic or detour, they do it because conditions where they are living are so desperate because of natural disasters, because of economic collapses, because of crime and violence, conditions are so desperate that they feel like they have no choice. We can -- our best way to attack this migration issue is to help these countries rebuild their economies and make life in Guatemala, in El Salvador, in Honduras more -- more commodious for the people who live there. Let people live their lives where they want to live their lives, in their home countries, that is what Vice President Joe Biden worked on, that’s now what Vice President Harris is going to work on, on behalf of the administration."