News from The Hill: Exclusive: Biden wants $1 billion for Central America

News from The Hill Exclusive: Biden wants $1 billion for Central America By Mike Lillis Vice President Biden this week is urging Congress to approve $1 billion in new aid to Central America in an effort to prevent a rerun of the migrant wave that hit the southern border last summer. In an op-ed in The Hill, Biden said the new funding is vital for helping the governments of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador fight the crime, corruption and poverty the White House says prompted tens of thousands of migrants – a huge number of them unaccompanied children – to seek asylum in the United States in 2014. Read Biden's op-ed in The Hill here.