The legislator demonstrated the current relationship between the United States and El Salvador in a hearing that looks at immigration reforms.
At the meeting of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, which is assessing the causes of immigration in the Northern Triangle, Albio Sires, representative of the 8th district of New Jersey, warned President Nayib Bukele that if he continues to run in the United States elections he will be “faced as a threat to national security.”
Two weeks ago, Bukele had a dispute on social media with Democratic Congresswoman Norma Torres, who co-chairs the Central American caucus in the US Congress. Torres told Bukele not to care about the situation of Salvadoran migrants at the US border.
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To which Bukele responded by asking residents of District 35 in California not to vote for her, followed by a series of attacks. This led to the condemnation of the Hispanic Caucus of the United States Congress, which groups 37 lawmakers; lawmakers considered Bukele’s call for the US election to be considered a threat to national security.
“In recent weeks, Salvadoran government officials have tried to discredit members of the United States Congress. Unfortunately, this campaign to manipulate public perception was supported by millions of dollars in payments to lobbyists, “added Sires, in a link from the public distributed by the US media. The voice of America.
On April 9, a new $ 1.2 million contract was announced between the Nayib Bukele government and the Arnold & Porter agency, so that it would be responsible for influencing a loan negotiation with the International Monetary Fund. This is not the first time that Bukele has hired lobbyists in the United States to counter the image he has generated in recent months.
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The congressional representative added that they had even received death threats: “Members of Congress thus receive death threats and harassment. It recently escalated to the point where the head of state of El Salvador (Nayib Bukele) asked a member of the congressional electorate to vote to remove him (Norma Torres) from office. “
The public in which Sires demonstrated the current relationship between the United States and El Salvador observes immigration reforms.
Bukele refused to receive a special envoy despite the migration figures
Bukele had problems getting close to Joe Biden’s administration, but his actions don’t help either. A few days ago, the US government sent Ricardo Zúñiga, a senior official close to Biden, on a mission to address the causes of migration in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. But Bukele refused to receive it.
The special envoy of the United States Department of State managed to speak with the chancellor, Alexandra Hill, but the meeting became known because the American Embassy in El Salvador made publicity. The government was silent.
The migration crisis generated at the southern border of the United States due to the arrival of thousands of unaccompanied children keeps the Biden administration in difficulty. The number of Salvadorans detained in February at the southern border of the United States exceeded the number recorded last year.
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In February of fiscal year 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detained 1,774 Salvadorans seeking undocumented entry into the United States, 28 percent more than the 1,488 than the office registered in February of the fiscal year 2020.
In addition, on April 4, it became known that of the 171,000 migrants of various nationalities detained on the southern border of the United States in March, about 4,069 were Salvadorans. Among them 1,569 unaccompanied children.