Harris prepares to visit southern border as Trump accuses her of playing politics

[CRAIG NIGRELLI]

VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE CAMPAIGNING IN THE BATTLEGROUND STATE OF ARIZONA ON FRIDAY.   BUT HER PLANS, WHILE THERE, ARE GETTING ALL THE ATTENTION.  HARRIS INTENDS TO VISIT THE SOUTHERN BORDER WITH MEXICO.

A RECENT NEW YORK TIMES /SIENA COLLEGE POLL,  OUT THIS WEEK, SHOWS IMMIGRATION IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ARIZONANS, BEHIND THE ECONOMY.

IN ADDITION, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OF WHAT HARRIS’S TRUE ROLE HAS BEEN IN THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WHEN IT COMES TO THE BORDER AS WELL AS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. 

THE HARRIS CAMPAIGN MAINTAINS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ASKED HER TO LEAD THE EFFORTS WITH MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE, TO LOOK INTO THE ROOT CAUSES AND HELP STEM THE MIGRATION TO OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. 

ACCORDING TO GOVERNMENT STATISTICS FROM U.S CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION, MIGRANT ENCOUNTERS HIT A RECORD HIGH IN 2023 BUT APPREHENSIONS THIS PAST SUMMER WERE DOWN FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR AS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IMPOSED NEW IMMIGRATION MEASURES. 

TRUMP CRITICIZED HARRIS’S UPCOMING VISIT POSTING ON TRUTH SOCIAL “ AFTER ALMOST FOUR YEARS, BORDER CZAR KAMALA HARRIS HAS DECIDED, FOR POLITICAL REASONS, THAT IT’S TIME FOR HER TO GO TO OUR BROKEN SOUTHERN BORDER.  WHAT A DISGRACE SHE WAITED SO LONG.” 

FOR HER PART HARRIS HAS ACCUSED THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF HELPING TO KILL A BILL IN CONGRESS, AIMED AT STEMMING THE TIDE OF MIGRANTS, COMING INTO THE COUNTRY.  SHE ACCUSES TRUMP OF TRYING KEEP THE ISSUE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FRONT-AND-CENTER FOR THE ELECTION INSTEAD OF SOLVING THE PROBLEM.

ARIZONA HAS ELEVEN ELECTORAL VOTES. THE STATE WENT FOR JOE BIDEN IN 2020 DESPITE TRUMP’S INSISTENCE THAT THERE WAS ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND FRAUD IN THAT PARTICULAR STATE.  THE NEW YORK TIMES POLL SHOWS HIM CURRENTLY AHEAD OF HARRIS BY 50-TO-45 PERCENT.     

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