WITH CHAUVIN.
>> JONATHAN CAPEHART, KIMBERLEY
ATKINS, BRIAN DUNN, MUSH
APPRECIATED.
I WANT TO GO NOW TO MY COLLEAGUE
EAMON MOHIDEEN.
HES BEEN FOLLOWING THE MIGRANT
CRISIS TO ITS ROOTS.
FASCINATING INTERVIEW YOU DID
WITH THE PRESIDENT THERE.
TELL US WHAT YOU FOUND.
>> Reporter: THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR THAT, CHRIS.
YOURE RIGHT IM HERE IN
GUATEMALA CITY.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS
MORE THAN 172,000 MIGRANTS
SHOWED UP AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER
LAST MONTH AND THEY KEEP COMING.
FOR MANY OF THEM THE LONG
JOURNEY BEGAN RIGHT HERE IN
GUATEMALA LEAVING THEIR HOMELAND
BECAUSE OF GANG VIOLENCE,
NATURAL DISASTERS, FOOD
INSECURITY AND ABJECT POVERTY
WHICH WE SAW UP CLOSE.
EVERY YEAR THE U.S. GIVES
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE
NORTHERN TRIANGLE COUNTRIES TO
HELP THEM DEAL WITH THE
CONDITIONS THAT LED PEOPLE TO
FLEE.
I SPENT THE PAST FEW DAYS HERE
IN GUATEMALA GETTING A
FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THOSE DIRE
CONDITIONS.
FROM THE WIFE OF A SEASONAL
SUGARCANE WORKER WHOSE TWO
CHILDREN SUFFER FROM
MALNUTRITION AND LIVE IN A SHACK
MADE FROM CORRUGATED METAL
SHEETS WITH NO ELECTRICITY, NO
RUNNING WATER, NO ROADS TO A
YOUNG MAN DESPERATE TO LEAVE
AFTER BEING EXTORTED BY GANGS IN
HIS OWN COMMUNITY, TO A MOTHER
OF THREE WHO LOST HER JOB AS A
COOK AND SPENDS HER DAYS GOING
FROM SOUP KITCHEN TO SOUP
KITCHEN SIMPLY TO FIND FOOD FOR
HER THREE KIDS AND SELLS CANDY
ON THE STREET JUST TO BE ABLE TO
PAY RENT AT THE END OF THE
MONTH.
IT IS A HEART BREAKING
CONDITION.
I SAT DOWN FOR AN EXTENSIVE
INTERVIEW WITH GUATEMALAS
PRESIDENT TO TALK ABOUT THE
CONDITIONS IN HIS HOMELAND, THE
SURGE OF MIGRANTS HEADING FROM
THE U.S. AND HOW THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS DEALING WITH
THIS ISSUE.
HERES A PART OF THAT INTERVIEW.
WATCH.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
TALKING AND SPEAKING VERY
COMPASSIONATELY ABOUT MIGRATION,
CERTAINLY CHILDREN MIGRATION.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE OF COMPASSION ABOUT
DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE ABOUT COMPASS OF
CHILDREN COMING TO THE UNITED
STATES IS MAKING THE SITUATION
WORSE OR IS INDIRECTLY
ENCOURAGING MIGRANTS TO
INFORMALLY MIGRATE TO THE U.S.?
>> Translator: IM NOBODY TO
MAKE A JUDGMENT, BUT I BELIEVE
IN THE FIRST FEW WEEKS OF THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, MESSAGES
WERE CONFUSING.
THERE WERE COMPASSION MESSAGES
UNDERSTOOD BY PEOPLE IN OUR
COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY THE COYOTES,
TO TELL FAMILYIES WELL TAKE THE
CHILDREN.
ONCE THE CHILDREN ARE THERE,
THEY WILL CALL THEIR PARENTS.
SO THOSE MESSAGES WERE
CONFUSING, NOT BECAUSE OF THE
WAY THEY WERE COMMUNICATED, BUT
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE
TRANSLATED HERE.
>> Reporter: SO A HUGE WAVE OF
MIGRANT UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
STARTS, THATS A MATTER OF
CONCERN.
AS SOON AS THEY CROSS THE BORDER
BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE U.S. -- THEY FAULT INTO THE HANDS OF
THEY FAULT INTO THE HANDS OF
CARTELS, PROUST ATTITUDESSTITUTI
>> Reporter: IM SURE YOUVE
SEEN THE HEARTBREAKING
CONDITIONS.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE U.S. IS TREATING YOUR CITIZENS IN A
TREATING YOUR CITIZENS IN A
HUMANE WAY?
>> Translator: WE, I HAVE SEEN
COYOTES DOING HORRIBLE ACTS,
THROWING A 6-MONTH-OLD LITTLE
GIRL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
I HAVE SEEN THIS.
THIS IS NOT HUMANE BEHAVIOR.
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE U.S.
RESPONDS LIKE ANY GOVERNMENT
RESPONDS WITH A WAVE OF ILLEGAL
MIGRATION.
THE COMMENTS ARE VARIED.
SOME ARE BELIEVABLE, OTHERS ARE
NOT ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
DEPORTED.
WHAT I CAN SAY IS NO GOVERNMENT,
NO MATTER HOW LARGE OR STRONG
CAN HAVE THAT GIGANTIC APPARATUS
THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO
ADDRESS 30,000 OR 40,000 PEOPLE
IN DETENTION CENTERS AND HAVE
ALL OF THEM IN A STAT CONSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY ARE
CONSTITUTIONS WHERE THEY ARE
CLAIMING REFUGE.
BUT AS WE EXPLAINED, MANY OF
THESE ISSUES CAN BE CORRECTED,
BUT WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT WANTS
TO BUILD A WALL OF PROSPERITY AS
HE CALLS IT.
HE WANTS AMERICAS HELP, BUT
THERE IS A RELUCTANCE ON
AMERICAS PART TO SEND MONEY
DIRECTLY TO THE GUATEMALAN
GOVERNMENT GIVEN THE TRACK
RECORD WITH THINGS LIKE
CORRUPTION AND ORGANIZED CRIME