{"id":107975,"date":"2024-09-28T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T08:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107975"},"modified":"2024-09-28T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T08:28:26","slug":"kamala-harris-makes-first-visit-to-southern-border-as-democratic-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107975","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris makes first visit to southern border as Democratic nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>DOUGLAS, Ariz. \u2013 Too little, too late?<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/27\/us-news\/arizona-rancher-calls-out-kamala-harris-for-last-minute-border-trip\/\">made her first visit to the US-Mexico border <\/a>as the Democratic presidential nominee Friday to hastily announce measures meant to mitigate the ongoing border crisis fewer than 40 days before election day \u2014 despite having been the White House border \u201cczar\u201d for more than three-and-a-half years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is a sovereign nation, and I believe we have a duty to set rules at our border and to enforce them,\u201d Harris, 59, said at a rally after touring a section of the border wall in Cochise County.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I take that responsibility very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She announced that if elected the 47th president, she would improve on an executive order announced by President Biden in June that barred migrants from applying for asylum when they cross the border illegally.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harris talks with Border Patrol agents in Douglas, Ariz.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI will do more to secure our border, to reduce illegal border crossings,\u201d Harris said. \u201cI will take further action to keep the border closed between ports of entry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who cross our borders unlawfully will be apprehended and removed and barred from re-entering for five years,\u201d the Democratic nominee pledged. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat violators, and if someone does not make an asylum request at a legal point of entry, and instead crosses our border unlawfully, they will be barred from receiving asylum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Her proposed tweaks to the 81-year-old president\u2019s executive order were followed by a pledge to pursue amnesty for certain illegal immigrants already in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI reject the false choice that suggests we must either choose between securing our border or creating a system of immigration that is safe, orderly, and humane,\u201d Harris said. \u201cWe can, and we must, do both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs president, I will work with Congress to create, at long last, a pathway to citizenship for hard-working immigrants who have been here for years, for years, and deserve to have a system that works,\u201d she vowed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harris indicated that she would implore Congress to create \u201cpathways for citizenship\u201d for illegal immigrants brought to the US as children and for migrant farm workers as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harris talks to Border Patrol agents near the frontier barrier Friday. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She also accused former President Donald Trump, 78, of \u201csabotage\u201d for opposing a Senate border bill over the summer, and vowed she would \u201cbring it back up and proudly sign into law\u201d if elected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issue of border security is not a new issue to me,\u201d the Biden border \u201cczar\u201d said before touting her work from nearly a decade ago countering transnational criminal organizations as California\u2019s attorney general.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs attorney general of California, it was 10 years ago that I brought a bipartisan group of American attorneys general and led that group to travel to Mexico City to meet with Mexican attorneys general to address this issue, and in particular, to increase intelligence sharing on gang activity, all of which allowed us to prosecute more human traffickers,\u201d she proudly recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo stopping transnational criminal organizations and strengthening our border is not new to me, and it is a longstanding priority of mine,\u201d Harris claimed. \u201cI have done that work, and I will continue to treat it as a priority when I am elected president of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Trump campaign slammed the trip to Douglas, Ariz. as a last-ditch effort by Harris to salvage her image on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t she fix it almost four years ago?\u201d Trump asked reporters during a news conference at Trump Tower Thursday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harris and Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) arrive in Douglas, Ariz. Friday. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harris said if elected, she would improve on an executive order announced by President Biden in June that barred migrants from applying for asylum. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s got no plans, got no talent, got no ability to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Douglas, a former mining town with a population of around 16,000, is located in US Border Patrol\u2019s Tucson Sector, one of the busiest for illegal crossings.<\/p>\n<p>Since Oct. 1, 2023, more than 452,000 migrant encounters have been recorded, according to United States Customs and Border Protection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters-by-component\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although arrests have dropped since Biden\u2019s June order, critics argue that the damage has already been done.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Former President Donald Trump visited the Arizona border last month. <span class=\"credit\">Owen Ziliak\/The Republic \/ USA TODAY NETWORK<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI think what has got to happen is, regardless of the administration, I think that at some places you do need to secure the border, primarily because of human trafficking,\u201d Tom Moffett, a minister from nearby Sonoita, told The Post. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that border is many times a last stop for someone being human trafficked. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that you definitely need to secure the border. I think it became much more unsecure under this administration than it was the last administration, because I\u2019ve got a lot of Border Patrol friends and this is coming from them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Harris smiles next to Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., from Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bill Fortenberry, an actor based in the Old West-themed tourist city of Tombstone, agreed the situation has worsened in recent years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see a lot more activity going on,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have some smart people in office on both sides. And regardless of who wins, I think that it is something that needs to be addressed. Because right now \u2026 what\u2019s going on really isn\u2019t working, but I feel for everybody involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/arizona\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RealClearPolitics polling average<\/a>, Trump leads Harris by two percentage points head-to-head in Arizona, which he lost to Biden four years ago.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Over 452,000 migrant encounters have occurred since Oct. 1, 2023, according to data from United States Customs and Border Protection. <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKamala\u2019s last-minute trip to the border and empty calls for more security 39 days before the election will not rewrite the past 44 months of chaos, crime, and bloodshed caused by her open border policy,\u201d Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past four years as Vice President, Kamala\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/08\/kamala-harris-dismisses-criticism-for-not-visiting-us-border\/\">laughed\u00a0when asked why she hadn\u2019t visited the border<\/a>,\u00a0denied\u00a0the existence of a crisis, and pushed for\u00a0mass amnesty.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Throughout her entire career, Kamala has fought against more funding for Border Patrol, called to abolish ICE, and voted against construction of President Trump\u2019s border wall,\u201d she continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people will not be deceived by Kamala\u2019s political games \u2014 they are smart enough to realize Kamala Harris has been in charge of the border for four years and she has failed.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/09\/27\/us-news\/kamala-harris-makes-first-visit-to-southern-border-as-democratic-nominee\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DOUGLAS, Ariz. \u2013 Too little, too late? 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