Vice President Kamala Harris, who less than a year ago expressed support for decriminalizing illegal border crossings, will spearhead the White House's response to the crisis at the southern border.
President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he can "Think of nobody who is better qualified" to handle the situation than Harris, who he said "Speaks for me." The decision comes as the White House struggles to deal with a historic surge in border apprehensions.
U.S. Border Patrol agents are currently detaining more than 600 unaccompanied migrant children per day, far more than the 370 daily apprehensions seen during the 2019 migrant surge.
As a presidential candidate last summer, Harris said she backed decriminalizing illegal border crossings and would "Not make it a crime" to illegally cross the border if she was elected.
Harris's lax approach to border enforcement preceded her run for president-in 2018, Harris encouraged a caravan of more than 7,000 migrants who were seeking to enter the country illegally.
Harris campaigned against the Trump administration's immigration policies, which she said consisted of "Putting babies in cages at the border in the name of security." Harris also accused the U.S. government of committing "Human rights abuses." Thousands of migrant children are now being held by the Biden administration in holding facilities intended for adults.
While the Biden administration has resisted categorizing the current border surge as a "Crisis," Harris on Wednesday said it was a "Huge problem" that is "Not going to be solved overnight."
Thursday, March 25, 2021
After Pledging to Decriminalize Illegal Border Crossings, Harris Will Lead Border Crisis Response
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