June is National Caribbean-American Heritage Month. In honor of this national occasion, it is fitting to take a closer look at President Biden's policy towards the Caribbean. Generally, there is not one clear, cohesive policy that can be accessed through whitehouse.gov; however, a policy does exist: it permeates over a handful of federal agencies and is clearly articulated during hearings of the House and Senate Foreign Affairs Committees. Though President Biden's Administration has broadly defined its Caribbean Policy, the most comprehensive view of this policy is mainly articulated through the U.S. Department of State through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) and The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), where the bulk of President Biden's Caribbean Policy is implemented on our "third border." Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados and Prime Minister Andrew Holness of Jamaica are the only Caribbean leaders so far to meet Vice President Kamala Harris at the White House, though the leaders did not have the opportunity to meet with President Joe Biden.

The Caribbean is seen at times as one homogenous region rather than an area that encompasses roughly 1.6 million square miles, consisting of over 35 nations, with a population of 44.4 million. Frequently, the region is included with Latin America and referred to as Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC). The U.S. Embassy in Barbados, led by Ambassador Linda Taglialatela, serves eight Eastern Caribbean nations and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). Nations such as Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago have individual U.S. ambassadors.

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