Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing to visit the battleground state of Arizona on Friday, Sept. 27. Her plans for once she gets there are making waves in the presidential race as reports indicate Harris will visit the southern border with Mexico.
A recent New York Times/Siena College poll found that immigration is the second most important issue for Arizonans, behind the economy. Harris’ role in the Biden administration when it comes to immigration enforcement has been a point of contention in the race for the White House.
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The Harris campaign maintains that President Joe Biden tasked her to lead efforts to find the root causes of migration to the U.S.-Mexico border. Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, said that amounted to Harris being the border czar.
According to statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, migrant encounters hit a record high in 2023, but apprehensions this past summer were down compared to the previous year. The Biden administration touted new immigration standards that it imposed.
Trump posted on Truth Social about Harris’ upcoming visit.
“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,” Trump said. “What disgrace she waited so long…”
Arizona has eleven electoral votes. The state went to Joe Biden in 2020. The recent New York Times poll showed Trump ahead in the key state by five percentage points.
Tags: 2024 Elections, Border, Border crossings, Border czar, border wall, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, U.S.-Mexico Border
[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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