Donald Trump's running mate was visiting the US-Mexico border in Arizona and promised to reverse policies enacted by the current administration.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance visited the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday and repeated claims that Vice President Kamala Harris was responsible for illegal crossings, crime caused by migrants and fentanyl deaths, part of a GOP strategy to tie Harris to what they say is the current administration's failings on immigration.Vance traveled to the southern border in Arizona and spoke briefly to reporters alongside Cochise County Sheriff Bob Watkins and former border patrol leaders.
That's what Kamala Harris did, and Donald Trump and I promise to do the opposite.'Fentanyl was also highlighted as a related border issue, with Vance linking the deaths related to the opioid to his own mother's struggle with addiction that he detailed in his book Hillbilly Elegy. She recently marked 10 years of sobriety.The lethal drug has proven to be a big problem for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as other law enforcement along the southwest border.
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