Former President Trump mentioned Vice President Harris’s deliberate go to to the US-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday is just for “political causes,” as he has sought to maintain immigration on the forefront of the marketing campaign heading into November’s election.
“After nearly 4 years, Border Czar Kamala Harris has determined, for political causes, that it’s time for her to go to our damaged Southern Border,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “What a shame that she waited so lengthy, permitting hundreds of thousands of individuals to enter our Nation from prisons, psychological establishments, and legal cells everywhere in the World, not simply South America, a lot of these coming are terrorists, and at a degree by no means seen earlier than!”
Since Harris entered the race in July, Republicans have dubbed her Biden’s “border czar,” a phrase some media retailers used after the president in 2021 asked her to “lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle” and assist with “stemming the migration to our southern border.”
Migrant encounters on the border hit a file excessive on the finish of 2023, however border patrol apprehensions this previous summer time had been down by nearly half on the earlier yr, because the Biden administration imposed harder-line immigration measures.
Regardless of the drop, Harris has confronted ongoing criticism from each events on the problem. Six Home Democrats backed a decision in July that mentioned Biden and Harris’s “far left Democrat open border insurance policies are in charge for this historic disaster.”
Harris has sought to go on offense on the problem, arguing that she is dedicated to stopping unlawful immigration whereas Trump opposed a bipartisan invoice that might have helped curb unlawful crossings.
The problem hits significantly near dwelling in Arizona, a key battleground state the place Trump maintains a slight edge over Harris, in line with DDHQ/The Hill’s polling average.
The main points of Harris’ Friday journey haven’t been publicized. It is going to be her second go to to the state since changing Biden on the prime of the Democratic ticket.
The Hill reached out to the Harris marketing campaign for remark.
