Top US diplomat for Latin America resigns
Source: The Hill
The State Department's top diplomat for Latin America reportedly submitted her resignation earlier this week.
Officials told The Washington Post on Wednesday that Kimberly Breier, secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere since October, resigned due to ‘personal reasons’.
Breier reportedly opposed the control the White House sought over matters related to Mexico. The Post, citing an unnamed administration official, reported that White House adviser Stephen Miller had chastised her in an email over her position on the U.S. asylum agreement with Guatemala. Miller was reportedly outraged by her insufficient defense of the agreement, which will require migrants traveling through the Central American nation to apply for asylum there before continuing to move toward the U.S.
As secretary of state for the Western Hemisphere, Breier has been tasked with building partnerships with South American nations and controlling immigration levels from Mexico and other countries in the Central America region. She worked on Latin American issues in the State Department's policy planning office before taking on the assistant secretary of state position.
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