Posted on 12/20/2022 7:55:17 PM PST by bitt
Border czar Kamala Harris, whose administration oversaw a fiscal-year record high of 2.4 million border encounters in 2022, on Monday blamed the nation's migrant crisis on Republicans.
"Sadly, what we have seen in particular, I am sad to say, from Republicans in Congress is an unwillingness to engage in any meaningful reform that could actually fix a lot of what we are witnessing," Harris, who has made one visit to the southern border despite handling the White House's border portfolio since March 2021, told NPR.
The vice president's comments come just weeks after President Joe Biden said there are "more important things going on" than visiting the border amid a record surge in illegal immigration. Many Republican lawmakers point to Biden’s policies, including attempting to repeal Title 42, a Trump-era rule that lowers the number of asylum seekers permitted into the United States due to the pandemic, as contributing to the surge. Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily ordered that Title 42 stay in place. It was set to expire on Wednesday.
El Paso’s Democratic mayor Oscar Leeser said 20,000 migrants are waiting in Mexico for the order to expire. The number of migrants streaming across the border hit a monthly record in September, with border agents reporting 230,000 encounters. Last week more than 1,000 migrants, reportedly the "largest caravan in history," crossed into Texas.
Republican governors have tried to compensate for the lack of federal support. Texas governor Greg Abbott (R.) is resuming wall construction and deployed 400 National Guard members to help with the border crisis. The governor also deployed his state's "contingency border force" Monday to aid in addressing the influx of illegal immigrants.
"More border wall is going up next month," Abbott said last week. "It took months to negotiate with private property owners on the border for the right to build on their property."
Arizona governor Doug Ducey (R.), meanwhile, installed hundreds of shipping containers along his state’s border. The Biden administration is suing Arizona over the makeshift wall, and Democrat governor-elect Katie Hobbs says she opposes it.
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Bwahahahahahahaha, what a dunce.
Phenomenal lying. Breathtaking.
About time the blame was placed where Kammie wants it——on somebody else.
Is AOC going to start sobbing again?
The DNC PR firm (msm) has already been pushing that absurdity.
Harris wants us to play the fool again - vote for ‘comprehensive immigration reform’ - which means we agree to make 5 million illegals citizens and they agree to close the border.
Every time we’ve made this deal WE keep our word and they build 50 feet of ‘fence’ and never fund closing the border.
Half the country is already set to believe her, and not a few Republicans included. Pseudo-Pub Scarborough will be falling all over himself and what’s her name to approve of that message.
They quickly forget that a lot of progress was made getting the border under control until the Commiecrats took over and blew it all up. The key to this is enforcing current immigration laws.
“Phenomenal lying. Breathtaking.”
Classic Alinsky. Blame your opponent for the problem you caused. Then demand more money and more power to continue making the problem even worse.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
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I can’t believe she was selected to become VP. I can’t believe that she ever made it past high-school. Somebody so dumb, so ignorant, so unlikable, ever reached any position of importance.
Nope since the puppies have not joined the democrats in passing a comprehensive immigration bill that the democrats made with all their wants and with little input from republicans it is the opposition parties fault for border issues.
Right. Sure. Twitter can’t help her now. I bet she can sleep well at night with all her delusions.
Pubbies. Spell check is a curse on mankind.
the noive of this broad
they broke it to force amnesty
if you dont give us what we want its your fault
Border Tsarina Kamalatoe Harris should go back to sxxxxxx Wxxxxx Bxxxxxx cxxx. She did less harm to the Republic when she was concentrating on that.
Republicans need to be abused. They are losers. Literally they have no desire to either know or do what the their so-called base demands. Just look at today and the $1.7 Trillion that they voted for. I am no longer part of their base. When I get ignored multiple times with everyday people I have nothing to do with them. I’m doing the same with Republicans.
Alinsky #101 and that’s in a book, so someone else scripted and rehersed that with her.
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