Vice President Kamala Harris has not met with the head of Border Patrol since she took office, nor since she was assigned the role of leading outreach to tackle of root causes of migration.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee on Sunday, is yet to speak to the current head of Border Patrol — despite a continued crisis at the southern border, and her role in tackling 'root causes' of the crisis. Sources familiar confirmed to Fox News that Harris has not spoken to Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens, who became chief last year amid a raging crisis at the border which is now into its third year.
Harris’ record on immigration will likely be highly scrutinized in the months ahead after President Biden dropped out of the presidential race and backed Harris to be his successor. Polls have shown that the crisis has been a top priority for voters. Republicans have hammered the administration on the crisis, saying its rolling back of Trump-era policies set off the crisis in the first place.
It has since called for the passage of a bipartisan Senate package introduced earlier this year. Harris backed that package in a statement. 'This agreement on border security and immigration does not include everything we have fought for over the past three years — and we will continue to fight for these priorities — but it shows we can make the border more secure while preserving legal immigration, consistent with our values as a nation,' she said.
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