CLAIM: Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that former President Donald Trump “did nothing to fix” America's broken immigration system.
Verdict: False.
inside speech In Douglas, Arizona, Harris said politicians “refuse to come together to fix” the nation's immigration system. Harris went on to criticize President Trump for not solving the “shortage of immigration judges” and “shortage of border patrol agents.”
“For four years, Donald Trump was president and did nothing to fix our broken immigration system,” Harris said. “He didn’t solve the shortage of immigration judges. He didn’t solve the shortage of border patrol agents. He didn’t create legal routes into our country. He didn’t solve the shortage of immigration agents. It has done nothing to address the system, and it has not worked with other governments in our hemisphere to address issues that are clearly also regional challenges.”
During his presidency, the Trump administration cut off foreign aid to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala for failing to stop migrant caravans from reaching the United States.
As Breitbart News previously reported, the Trump administration also ended Temporary Protected Status for approximately 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants.
The Trump administration also built 400 Miles of border wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In September 2019, the Trump administration also ending Catch and release for immigrant families.
As Breitbart News previously reported, eliminating catch-and-release would give Border Patrol agents “a legal alternative to catch-and-release rules to allow immigrants to legally enter the country.” It was a “huge victory for Americans.'' They immigrate to the country with their children and are released by the country after they apply for asylum.
President Trump previously vowed to hire 15,000 new Border Patrol and Immigration agents. But the Trump administration still has thousands of vacancies. According to of Los Angeles Times.
In a sign of trouble, Customs and Border Protection awarded management consulting firm Accenture Federal Services $60.7 million as part of a $297 million contract to recruit, vet and hire 7,500 border agents over several years. However, the company has only hired 33 new employees so far.
The shortage of Border Patrol agents is said to have existed since “before the Trump administration,” with 21,444 Border Patrol agents reported to have been hired in 2011. However, this number has since declined. According to politiko.
in 2023 list Among the best places to work in the U.S. federal government, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ranks last.
