Vice President Kamala Harris, facing mounting pressure to visit the U.S.-Mexico border amid the surge in illegal immigration, said Tuesday that she’ll make the trip “at some point.” Harris, who is fresh off a two-day visit to Guatemala and Mexico, has sought to deflect criticism that she has not yet made an in-person visit to the southern border despite being tasked by President Joe Biden in March to lead efforts to address the border crisis. On Monday, she downplayed visiting the border region as an insignificant “grand gesture,” before telling reporters in Mexico City on Tuesday that she’ll eventually make the trip. “I’ve been to the border before, I will go again,” Harris said, adding that the focus of her trip to Central America is to address the “root causes” driving people in the region to leave their homes and seek entry into the United States. “You can’t say you …
Kamala Harris, Under Pressure to Visit Southern Border, Says She’ll Make the Trip ‘At Some Point’
June 9, 2021
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