Y'all see the predictable set-up. She will just be visiting a central processing office and meeting with immigration advocates. Don't expect much interaction with front line border agents or interaction with any of those nasty brown people, or anyone who is outraged over what is happening there and livid by the invasion. You can see here that she has heard reports of "unacceptable conditions" at certain sites but she affirms that in no way will she be going there to do a direct inspection. This is some different from when Trump allegedly had kids in cages. Everyone was flooding there to have their picture taken and use it in their campaign material. You will recall that the Castro Boy even went into Mexico and escorted some illegals to the border. Yeh. The times they iz a changin'. "KFOX14 asked the VP's office if she will visit the migrant shelter at Fort Bliss following reports of "unacceptable" conditions. Sanders reiterated that the Vice President will only be visiting the central processing center. "The administration is concerned by these reports and we do know that HHS has taken steps to address them," she said. "We're taking this extremely very seriously." https://www.news4sanantonio.com/new...cility-meet-with-immigration-advocates-friday
Yeh. I had a somewhat similar thought wherein maybe Trump should visit the places she will not go. It's all good. The dems wanted focus on the migrant situation. Mr. Trump can help. You are welcome Kamala.
I see that Kamala and Joe sent a little message to the Border Patrol before Kamala's visit. You could be next if you keep speaking out. Oh I see. Biden and Kamala's welcoming open door announcements were like sending torpedoes into the side of the Titanic but the Border Patrol has done a poor job managing it so this guy needs to go or to be sent off to the sidelines. Translation: He spoke with Trump, you don't do that. Biden Border Patrol chief booted as VP Harris announces trip to border https://nypost.com/2021/06/23/biden-border-patrol-chief-booted-as-harris-announces-trip-to-border/
Even liberal LA Times calls Kamala Harris ineffective in her role as vice president https://www.foxnews.com/media/la-times-kamala-ineffective-vice-president The liberal Los Angeles Times said Vice President Kamala Harris has been ineffective in her role only five months after fawning over her so hard that the paper’s coverage was labeled "inappropriate and disappointing." The L.A. paper was ridiculed on social media in January when it announced "Covering Kamala Harris," a project described as "a beat dedicated to her historic rise to the White House" that was loaded with complimentary content. A piece published Wednesday by staff writer Noah Bierman headlined, "Essential Politics: Failure of elections bill shows limits of Kamala Harris’ influence," shows what a difference five months can make. Bierman noted there was "justifiable skepticism" when President Biden selected Harris to lead an effort to expand voting rights. "Fast forward three weeks, and Democrats are where many thought they would be: nowhere. The Senate killed the House-passed ‘For the People Act’ on Tuesday, with Democrats lacking the 60 votes to overcome a Republican filibuster," Bierman wrote. "As for Harris’ role, the takeaway was how little we saw of her. No dramatic trips to the Senate to court votes. No statements on how to find compromise. No known talks with West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, the sole Democratic holdout in supporting the bill." The Times writer then took another shot at Harris, noting "her lack of any significant engagement in the Senate has not been a surprise" to anyone who has paid attention to her political career. "She served only four years there, a good portion of that time running for president. Her best-known interaction with Manchin involved angering him, when she went on television in his home state earlier this year to push for an economic relief bill, and he publicly complained she hadn’t given him a heads-up," Bierman wrote. Bierman mentioned Harris seems to be "working on her Senate relationships" after hosting a bipartisan dinner, but he feels she lacks "influence when it comes to legislating in the modern Congress."
Harris Is Visiting The Southern Border After Trying To Keep The Focus Away From It https://www.npr.org/2021/06/25/1009...der-after-trying-to-keep-the-focus-away-from- Vice President Harris visits the U.S.-Mexico border Friday in El Paso, Texas, after weeks of badgering by Republicans and at the urging of some Democrats. This will be the highest-level Biden administration visit to the border in the midst of a record surge of migrants. While touring a Customs and Border Protection processing facility, Harris will meet with migrants who have made the treacherous journey to the United States, her spokeswoman said. Harris is in charge of the thorny issue of migration from Central America at a time when the government has struggled to keep up with an influx of people seeking asylum at the southern border. President Biden had promised a more humane approach to immigration enforcement than the Trump administration, and after he took office, the number of people crossing the border surged. Back in March, Biden tasked Harris with addressing the root causes of the migration crisis, a role he had when he was vice president during an earlier spike in border crossings. Although the White House was careful to emphasize that her role was meant to be a diplomatic one, working with the Central American countries driving the arrivals, critics immediately asked why the "border czar" was avoiding the border. That's not actually a title she ever had. The Biden administration had intentionally avoided having Harris visit the border until now, though as a senator from California she had made the trip. Harris will be joined by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose portfolio really does include border enforcement, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, an advocate for young immigrants known as Dreamers, and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, who represents El Paso. Both Durbin and Escobar are Democrats and administration allies. The root causes of migration are long-standing and seemingly intractable, including poverty, violence, natural disasters, climate change and corruption. But they are also less politically charged than border enforcement and the challenge of dealing with families and unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in the United States. Earlier this month, Harris visited Guatemala and Mexico to talk about those root causes and highlight U.S. programs aimed at giving people in Central America "hope" that "if they stay, help is on the way." But the trip was quite nearly overshadowed by questions about why she wasn't also visiting the border — and Harris' response didn't help. In an interview with NBC's Lester Holt, she seemed dismissive of calls to visit the border, saying she hadn't been to Europe yet, either, setting off GOP criticism. Harris later explained that she felt the focus on the border missed the point. "We cannot be simplistic and assume that there is only one element or way of approaching the overall problem," she said. It would be very easy "to just say we'll travel to one place and therefore it's solved," Harris said. "I don't think anybody thinks that that would be the solution." Some have questioned why Harris would choose El Paso rather than the Rio Grande Valley, where many more of the recent border apprehensions have taken place. Hinting at Harris' likely message, her spokeswoman Symone Sanders told reporters that El Paso had been the "birthplace" of former President Donald Trump's family separation policy. The Trump administration had run a pilot program in El Paso of arresting parents for illegally crossing the border and moving their children, including babies, into the custody of the Health and Human Services Department. The Biden administration has sought to shift blame for the border conditions to the Trump administration, arguing they left a broken immigration system, with efforts at addressing the root causes of migration neglected in favor of an enforcement-only approach. The trip comes a few days before Trump is set to visit the border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. In a statement, Trump claimed his plans prompted Harris' border stop, even though she had committed to going while in Mexico City earlier this month. (More at above url)