It’s worth noting that Harris was never put in charge of the border or appointed “border czar”; she was tasked to lead a diplomatic effort to reduce immigration from the “Northern Triangle” of Central America…and it worked.Immigration from those countries has dropped by more than 2/3s since she took on that task.
Here you go. Press pool for the meeting that started this whole thing. About as primary of a source as is possible. It’s very clear she’s being asked to help address root causes of immigration, specifically political unrest and economic instability in central America. She quickly corrects the interviewer when they ask if this is about the border. If anyone was the border czar (a term the admin itself did not use for anyone to the best of my knowledge), it would be the secretary of homeland security.
And of course, Trump convinced Republicans to kill their immigration wish list law because he was so upset that he wouldn’t get credit for it.
Q: Madam Vice President, will you visit the Southern Border? Do you have a trip planned or will you plan a trip in the future if the situation with migration doesn’t resolve itself?
A: So, as I mentioned to the experts, the President has asked Sec. Mayorkas to address what is going on at the border, and he has been working very hard and is showing some progress because of his hard work. I have been asked to lead the issue of addressing the root causes, similar to what the then-vice president did many years ago, but I will tell you that these are not issues that are going to be addressed overnight in terms of the root causes issue. A large part of our focus is diplomatic in terms of what we can do in a way that is about working with these countries.
So when Republicans are like, omg she was the border czar and didn’t even visit the border. Uh no, she was helping with diplomacy and economic development in central America so was of course visiting those countries. The whole republican border czar thing is misinformation.
Sigh. The first sentence of my statement answered your question. It isn’t clarifying information, it is a question of truth. You’re the one who keeps calling me names, yet I’m the one who is rude? I don’t need to block you yet.
It’s worth noting that Harris was never put in charge of the border or appointed “border czar”; she was tasked to lead a diplomatic effort to reduce immigration from the “Northern Triangle” of Central America…and it worked.Immigration from those countries has dropped by more than 2/3s since she took on that task.
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It was a term the media coined for her, not any kind of official role.
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https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/vice-presidential-pool-reports-april-14-2021
Here you go. Press pool for the meeting that started this whole thing. About as primary of a source as is possible. It’s very clear she’s being asked to help address root causes of immigration, specifically political unrest and economic instability in central America. She quickly corrects the interviewer when they ask if this is about the border. If anyone was the border czar (a term the admin itself did not use for anyone to the best of my knowledge), it would be the secretary of homeland security.
And of course, Trump convinced Republicans to kill their immigration wish list law because he was so upset that he wouldn’t get credit for it.
So when Republicans are like, omg she was the border czar and didn’t even visit the border. Uh no, she was helping with diplomacy and economic development in central America so was of course visiting those countries. The whole republican border czar thing is misinformation.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/what-kamala-harriss-record-in-central-america-and-the-caribbean-reveals-about-her-foreign-policy-approach/
Please reread what I wrote
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Then you should be able to answer the question you posed
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I appreciate your original question and tact through these follow ups. I’m also having trouble finding primary sources in my quick search.
I’m an ass for pointing you to the answer to your question. I see. Do us both a favor, don’t respond to me anymore.
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Yeah I thought someone posted the article where it explicitly referred to her as “border czar”. I’ll see if i can find it.
Fwiw, iirc outside of another hypocritical attack vector for the right, it never “meant” anything but that she was heading up committees or some such.
Sigh. The first sentence of my statement answered your question. It isn’t clarifying information, it is a question of truth. You’re the one who keeps calling me names, yet I’m the one who is rude? I don’t need to block you yet.