The mainstream media is lying about the record that Vice President Kamala Harris has done nothing since President Joe Biden promoted her to be border secretary, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) asserted in a speech at the border.
“When the media lies about Kamala Harris [not] As the emperor of the border, here is what they are lying about,” Vance said. Said Press conference in Cochise County, Arizona:
You can’t coordinate effective border policy unless you have someone to coordinate the various agencies of the U.S. federal government. You need the Department of State to be involved in sending people back to their home countries. You need the Department of Justice to be involved in prosecuting these horrible drug crimes. And, of course, you need the Department of Homeland Security to be involved. [Department of Homeland Security] Increased engagement with the Border Patrol to ensure they can do their job. Border Commissioner Kamala Harris [by Biden] She did nothing to coordinate all the functions of government.
Vance had met earlier with local officials and asked whether Harris had heeded their pleas for more law enforcement at the border.
Now, I dare to argue: Has Kamala Harris done anything that you asked her to do? She is your border minister. Has your border minister done anything that you asked her to do? The answer is no. They send letters, they make phone calls. They are looking to the President and Vice President of the United States for leadership, yet their own border minister ignores it. This is a scandal, this is a disgrace. And I say to every American watching this, this will stop, but only if we elect Donald J. Trump as our President.
Vance has repeatedly called for shifting the country’s immigrant- and employer-friendly immigration policies to ones that help ordinary Americans.
Biden, March 2021 Assigned a task Harris has broad responsibilities regarding border security, and many media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, CBS and ABC, have described her as a “border czar.” (This month, the same media outlets said that “border czar” was not her title, after the moniker appeared to hurt Harris’ chances in the presidential election.)
“We’re going to have to take a step back and make sure that we’re doing it right,” Biden said at the 2021 conference.
Today, as Vice President, I asked her to lead our efforts in Mexico and the Northern Triangle, because she is best qualified for that role. of [other] Country I need help Blocking movement Many people Prevent migration To the southern border… When she speaks, she speaks for me. There’s no need for me to check with her, she knows what she’s doing and I hope this goes well. [Emphasis added]
“The Vice President… our Diplomatic Efforts and working with those countries to receive returnees; stepping up immigration enforcement at the border“Biden spoke to cameras invited to the occasion. [Emphasis added]
This conference also included Biden’s border commissioner is Cuban-born Alejandro Mayorkas, a pro-immigration advocate.
Harris is Biden’s broad range commission By focusing on the “root causes” of migration,
Thank you, Mr. President, for placing your trust in me. There is no doubt that this is a difficult situation. It is clear that people should not be coming to the border right now, but we can enforce the law and walk around chewing gum, soThe root causes must be addressed As the President said, it’s what makes people want to come here. [Emphasis added]
Biden did not use the phrase “root causes” or limit her assignment to migrants from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
“Kamala Harris needs to change course on this crazy border chaos” — J.D. Vance of Cochise County, Arizona pic.twitter.com/D1ZY8BGn8R
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However, many Democratic media outlets have argued that Biden has instructed Harris to only address the “root causes” of migration from the three small countries.
“Harris was tasked with addressing the ‘root causes’ of migration from Central America’s so-called Northern Triangle countries: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador” in early 2021. article Jonathan Blitzer New Yorker magazine.
CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez report“White House officials worked quickly to ease Harris into her job after she was appointed to address the root causes of migration.”
of The Washington PostGlenn Kessler, a “fact checker” at report July 31: “President Biden appoints Harris to head ‘root causes'” strategy It’s essentially a diplomatic effort with El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to stop migration from those countries.”
of The Washington Post’Liz Goodwin report Harris said her roleThe commission, appointed by President Biden, aims to combat the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States. Republicans have dubbed her Biden’s “border czar.”
“The media needs to tell the truth and Kamala Harris needs to change course on this crazy border chaos,” Vance responded Thursday.
He said:
The human cost of this must not be forgotten. Children unable to learn in school because they are filled with immigrant children who should not be there. Hospital wait times exploding because illegal immigrants are lining up ahead of American citizens… The people who suffer most are the ones who can least afford to suffer.
Vance’s focus on Harris’ immigration record makes electoral sense because many swing voters are ambivalent about her record.
Late July vote The Rasmussen report found that 56% of potential swing voters see the border as a migration crisis, while 16% said they “don’t know.” And while 42% of swing voters say Harris’s performance is “bad,” about 20% of all swing voters view her performance as only “fair” or somewhat negative.
Since taking office, Harris has not resisted the pro-immigration policies pushed by Biden’s most powerful lieutenants.
Harris, June 2021 Echoed Mayorkas emphasized his pro-immigration theme, saying, “The president and I are committed to ensuring that our immigration system is orderly and humane, and I believe we are making progress on that front.”
Since 2021, Mjolkas has opened “orderly and humanitarian” gaps at the border to let in at least 1 million economic migrants who are taking wages that would otherwise go to American families, and he has also suggested there is no limit to the number of economic migrants that can be admitted through these channels.
Since 2021, Mayorkas has welcomed roughly 10 million legal and illegal immigrants into American communities, workplaces, schools and hospitals, an influx that equates to one immigrant for every birth in the United States.
This huge population hurts ordinary Americans by lowering wages, diverting business investment away from workplace productivity, and driving up both home prices and mortgage rates.
