The National Border Patrol Council condemned Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris' recent “photo-op” visit to the southern border.
On Friday, Harris visited Douglas, Arizona, her first border visit since 2021. After a short visit inside the walls, Mr. Harris said: speech In a speech on border security, she took credit for increasing overtime pay for officials and vowed to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking. Harris also promised to revive a failed Senate bill that she claimed would crack down on the border crisis, but “Donald Trump killed it.”
“After years of not only ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally heading to the border.”
“He would rather solve problems than solve them,” she asserted. “And the American people deserve a president who puts border security above political gamesmanship and personal political futures.”
Shortly after Harris and President Joe Biden were sworn into office, the administration immediately halted construction of former President Trump's border wall. Harris previously called it a “complete waste of taxpayer money” and Trump's “vanity project.”
Since then, her campaign has completely pivoted, insisting that the Harris administration supports putting up barriers to curb illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
After Harris' speech in Douglas, the Border Patrol union released several statements condemning her contribution to the immigration crisis.
social media, NBPC I wrote“Vice President Harris argued in Arizona that CBP needs more resources. We have apprehended more than 8 million illegal immigrants in the past four years, but we need more help 38 days before the election.” You should have understood that.”
separately postthe union fact-checked Harris' claims that he helped increase overtime pay for executives.
“Today, Vice President Harris claimed that she played a role in increasing overtime pay for Border Patrol agents. This couldn't be further from the truth. As with all things border-related, when needed, she It was nowhere to be found,” the NBPC explained. .
“Vice President Harris has been ignoring the border problem she created for over three years. She went there for 20 minutes for a photo op and decided to repeat some of the things NPBC had said earlier. But , again, where was she at the end?'' Three and a half years? ”union asked a question.
NBPC Vice Chairman Art Del Cueto said: FOX News' Bill Melgin“After years of not only ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally heading to the border. This is just her checking a box. But it's actually a slap in the face to the men and women who put their lives on the line every day, a slap in the face to the American people, where was she? ”
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