Former Biden official says Vice President Kamala Harris’ efforts on immigration and border issues have been “ineffective at best,” in a lengthy report on the Biden team’s infighting over the continuing crisis. He indicated that he did not consider it his responsibility.
Axios reports On Monday, Harris and her aides made it clear early on that her responsibilities begin and end with addressing the root causes and factors driving migration from countries known as the Northern Triangle, including Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. I made it.
President Biden has tasked Harris with addressing the root causes of the border crisis.
“She was ineffective at best and sporadically involved at worst and didn’t realize it was her responsibility. This was an opportunity for her, but she didn’t bridge the gap.” a former Biden administration official told the media.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an “America’s First” campaign rally at South Carolina State University on February 2, 2024 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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In a recent interview with Katie Couric, Harris accused Republicans of playing politics over the border crisis.
“I know that early on you were tasked with understanding the root causes of the immigration crisis, but you’re not in charge of the border, and I think it’s important to point that out,” Couric said. he said.
Axios too It highlights the confusion in the Biden administration’s response to the border crisis. The Department of Homeland Security suspended deportations for 100 days on Biden’s first day in office, but the outlet reported that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas opposed the moratorium at the time.
According to Axios, Harris also clashed with her former domestic policy aide Susan Rice, but both denied the reports.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Friday, February 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Meg Kinard) (AP Photo/Meg Kinard)
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“Rice appeared to others to be proud of knowing more about the border than Harris,” Axios reported. “Some Harris aides felt that Rice was disrespectful to the vice president, disparagingly referring to the former United Nations ambassador as a mere ‘staff.'”
Rice also criticized Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra for his “appearance of reluctance to expand space in child migrant shelters,” according to the paper.
Biden also criticized aides over the crisis during a visit to the southern border in January 2023. The report notes that the president noted former chief of staff Jen O’Malley Dillon and Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall, among others, who were “interested in joining the team” regarding Air Force One.
President Joe Biden speaks at the Reproductive Freedom Campaign rally at George Mason University on January 23, 2024 in Manassas, Virginia. (Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Biden’s aides reportedly expressed frustration with the president’s “sensitivity” to the crisis, believing it was making decision-making difficult.
