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Guatemala: El Salvador and Guatemala City

guatemala: Tell your people that coming to the United States illegally will only result in a hard journey and a harder life, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence told the leaders of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador late Thursday in a meeting in, according to Toronto Star. ORLANDO ESTRADA / AFP/GETTY IMAGES Pence said U.S. officials were working to keep families together and welcomed legal immigration from their countries, but he urged the presidents to tell your people that coming to the United States illegally will only result in a hard journey and a harder life. This exodus must end, Pence told the leaders of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador late Thursday in a meeting in Guatemala City. He made the comments to Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, Salvadoran President Salvador Sanchez Ceren and Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, leaders of countries where economic struggles and violent crime have pushed many people to try to sneak into the U.S. in hopes of finding better lives. Article Continued Below But, he added, the U.S. is determined to act strongly against those who don't. The U.S. vice-president said the Trump administration will always welcome immigrants who follow the rules in getting permission to enter the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.