U.S. Immigration Agents Train Guatemalan Border Police In First Class Of New Program

AGUAS CALIENTES, GUATEMALA - AUGUST 27: U.S. immigration agents supervise as a Guatemalan border policeman speaks with an immigrant mother and child before deporting them back to Honduras on August 27, 2019 in Aguas Calientes, Guatemala, near the Honduran border. The U.S. government deployed 43 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents to Guatemala as advisors, part of a new initiative to stop the flow of immigrants from Central America. The pilot program, the first of it's kind to address immigration from the region is called the Guatemala Assistance on Irregular Migration, or GAIM, according to program manager Dawn McGuinness. The inaugural class completing the two week course is made up of of veteran Guatemalan border police. DHS advisors sent to train them were primarily drawn from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The effort is designed to "enhance Guatemalan border security capabilities" as well as improve the criminal investigative skills of Guatemalan border police, known as DIPAFRONT. The new training program was made possible by a cooperation agreement between the U.S. and Guatemala brokered in May by acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. The initial mandate of the GAIM program is 120 days, ending on November 9, unless it is later extended, according to McGuinness. (Footage by John Moore/Getty Images)
AGUAS CALIENTES, GUATEMALA - AUGUST 27: U.S. immigration agents supervise as a Guatemalan border policeman speaks with an immigrant mother and child before deporting them back to Honduras on August 27, 2019 in Aguas Calientes, Guatemala, near the Honduran border. The U.S. government deployed 43 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents to Guatemala as advisors, part of a new initiative to stop the flow of immigrants from Central America. The pilot program, the first of it's kind to address immigration from the region is called the Guatemala Assistance on Irregular Migration, or GAIM, according to program manager Dawn McGuinness. The inaugural class completing the two week course is made up of of veteran Guatemalan border police. DHS advisors sent to train them were primarily drawn from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The effort is designed to "enhance Guatemalan border security capabilities" as well as improve the criminal investigative skills of Guatemalan border police, known as DIPAFRONT. The new training program was made possible by a cooperation agreement between the U.S. and Guatemala brokered in May by acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. The initial mandate of the GAIM program is 120 days, ending on November 9, unless it is later extended, according to McGuinness. (Footage by John Moore/Getty Images)
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