The Obama administration has asked Congress for fast-track authority and additional funding to speed up the deportation of children fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. On Tuesday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with leaders from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, the home countries for most of the children that have tried to enter the United States. Speaking in Panama, Kerry said the United States will help tackle the causes of the immigration crisis, but renewed vows to continue the deportations.

Secretary of State John Kerry: “There are rules of law, and there is a process. And there is false information that is being spread about benefits that might be available to these young people who are looking for that better life. And so we need to work together to communicate to our people, to try to apply the law, and most importantly, to work with each of these countries to address the fundamental, underlying causes of this particular challenge.”