Hi, I'm Dan Premack, and welcome to Axios Recap, where we dig into one big story.

Today is Friday, June 11th.

COVID cases are up from a recent Bitcoin conference.

America's largest reservoir is down to a historic low watermark, and we're focused on the White

House's immigration plans.

Kamala Harris earlier this week went on her first foreign trip since becoming vice president, visiting Guatemala and Mexico

to, in her words, address the root causes of mass migration. Why it matters is the number

of encounters between U.S. immigration officials and migrants at the southern border

reached a 20-year high last month,

coming in it over 180,000. That not only puts extreme pressure on America's immigration infrastructure,

but it also means that lots of men, women, and children are making very dangerous treks north,

often falling prey to those who are more than willing to exploit their desperation.

Three things to know about Harris's trip.

First, in Guatemala, she pledged both money and vaccines, arguing that economic and

health distress are major reasons why Guatemalans are leaving.

But both were relatively small amounts.

$40 million for a program to boost education and economic opportunities for indigenous women and girls,

plus an initial 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Two, the big headline of the trip was Harris telling potential migrants, quote,

do not come, which caused outrage from many on the left.

On the right, criticism was mostly about Harris opting not to visit

the border, and a statement to NBC which seemed to suggest she already had, which she hadn't.

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