Vice President Harris plans to call for more Border Patrol agents when she visits the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday, a campaign official said. He also plans to explain that if elected in November, curbing the flow of fentanyl into the United States will be his “top priority.”
Harris is scheduled to visit Douglas, Arizona, and meet with Border Patrol agents.
During his visit, he plans to argue that “American sovereignty requires us to set and enforce rules at our borders,” the official said.
And she said, “We reject the false choice between securing our borders and creating a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system; we must do both to protect our nation's security and our enduring legacy as a nation of immigrants.” We insist that it needs to be done,” the official said. .
Harris is expected to reiterate her support for the border deal, which was negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators but rejected by the House of Representatives after former President Trump urged Republicans to vote against it earlier this year. are.
Since she began her campaign in July, Harris has called for passage of a border agreement when asked about plans to fix the immigration system, and on Friday called for new fentanyl detectors to be installed at ports of entry and We plan to outline some of them again, such as employment. The number of border patrol agents will increase by 1,500.
“The American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than political gamesmanship,” the official said.
The Harris campaign also announced new ads Friday that will air in Arizona and other battleground states. In the 30 second spot,never back down” the narrator outlines part of the border agreement.
“She will protect our borders. Here's her plan: hire thousands more border agents, enforce our laws, strengthen our technology, and stop fentanyl smuggling and human trafficking. We need a leader with a real plan to solve our borders, and that’s Kamala Harris,” the narrator says in the ad.
