Vice President and so-called border czar Kamala Harris has not spoken to the last two heads of the U.S. Border Patrol, a new report has revealed. News Nation he says.
On Monday, current Border Patrol Commissioner Jason Owens said: News Nation He said he hasn’t spoken to Harris since Biden appointed her as the new police chief a year ago.
“I want to say this very clearly to anyone in this region considering making the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border: Don’t come. Don’t come.”
The comments mirror those of Owens’ predecessor. Raul Ortiz“I’ve never had a conversation with the president, or even with the vice president,” Ortiz said in a March interview with “60 Minutes.”
Ortiz served as the head of the Border Patrol from August 2021 until his retirement last July.
Illegal border crossings have skyrocketed since Biden took office: In the final year of the Trump administration, U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded fewer than 500,000 border crossings, but in 2021, that number has more than tripled to 1.7 million.
In 2022, that number rose to 2.4 million. In 2023, a further 2.5 million border crossings were recorded.
Biden nominated Harris in March 2021 to address the “root causes” of the surge in migrants at the U.S. southern border. Harris was also supposed to try to stem the wave of “illegal immigration” coming from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
“She’s the best person to do it.” Biden: The appointment has prompted Republicans to dub Harris the “border czar.”
It was June 2021, three full months after Harris was tasked with investigating the “root causes” of the border crisis, and she had yet to visit the border. Lester Holt She was asked about the issue in an interview with NBC News.
“You’ve never been to the border,” Holt stated calmly.
“And I’ve never been to Europe,” Harris replied with her signature chuckle, “and I don’t understand what you’re talking about. I’m not discounting the importance of borders.”
Harris ended up Visited the border This comes about a week after President Trump and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Republican) announced a joint town hall meeting to discuss the border crisis.
Harris also said: Alejandro Giammattei, then president of Guatemala In it, she infamously said, “I want to say this very clearly to anyone in this region considering making the dangerous journey to the U.S.-Mexico border: Don’t come. Don’t come.”
Clever humorists turned the line into a meme that quickly spread across social media. Memes Compare Harris’ comments side-by-side with footage of former President Donald Trump.
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