convened. out of the trip to guatemala, we have an agreement to create a smugging and trafficking task force. one of issues not only there but here in mexico and i ve issue i ve worked on for a very long time in my career before i reached the senate and much less before i became vice president. the need to address the fact there s some of our most vulnerable populations that are susceptible to abuse and susceptible to fraud and more horrible things as a result of the smuggling we have been witnessing. from guatemala we came out of that with an agreement to create a young women s power initiate ifr and dedicating 40 million u.s. dollars to that initiate ifr. why? i knew it before and this is not unique to this region. it s an isn t it true the united states issue in the united states as well.
which we can address that economic empowerment is one of them. thank you for that question. our next question will come from monica alba at nbc. hi. yesterday you said you didn t want focus on grand gestures as it related to visiting the u.s.-mexico border and today you stated that you will be going. can you help us understand how this trip in particular to guatemala and mexico helped shift your thinking on that position in particular and now that you have seen the root causes of migration and where that journey begins for many, how soon be you go to see where it ends for many of them as well? the issue of root causes is not going to be solved in one trip that took two days. this is an issue that is long standing in many cases generational. it s not a new issue for the united states to feel the effects of those root causes on
my question is what would you say to these women, those mothers and also women of color on both sides of the border, farmers, many of them who i see every day as a message of hope but what will you do for them in the next coming of years? that s a great question. thank you. it was the subject of both days and a priority for me to convene women leaders to talk about exactly this issue. this is not unique to any one region. we can look around the world to fight for the equality of women and the disparities that exist in every sector be it education or the economy. to your point, to give people hope in the process of doing that. what we saw in guatemala, for example where the theme that is
says the vice president or they know that to stay at home means they will be unable to meet the basic needs of their family. people want to stay home. she talked about the pride that people have in their homes. their homes are a history. they are the link to their family, to their grandparents, great grandparents. there s a whole history. we talk about guatemala. the hope was deleted by us. by things the united states and our corporate interest did that proceeded people people aren t just showing up here because they want to live in texas and not be able to vote if they ever can become a citizen. i just feel like i have to say that. let me go through a couple other things that the vice president talked about. she talked about some of the agreements she was able to reach while in these two countries in guatemala. she said they are going to create an anti-corruption task
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