Harris gave the surprisingly upbeat take during her first trip to the border in her 94 days as President Biden's illegal immigration czar.See also: We are on front lines of the Biden-Harris border disaster, say three South Texas residents"In five months we've made progress, but there's still much more work to be done, but we've made progress on family reunification... And we've also made progress in addressing the root causes."Later, as she departed El Paso for a weekend trip to her home state California, Harris upgraded her assessment, telling reporters:"We have seen extreme progress over these last few months."But statistics indicate otherwise as critics attribute the surge to Biden's policies. The number of US-Mexico border detentions hit a 21-year monthly high of more than 180,000 in May. Nearly 179,000 people were detained in April.
Harris was on the ground in Texas for less than 5 hours and got off on a testy start when she sniped at a reporter, "It's not my first trip. I've been to the border many times."Before touting the "progress," Harris met privately with detained migrant children who were reportedly glad to see her — a discordant picture amid recent reports of a crying 5-year-old boy abandoned by smugglers near El Paso and smugglers infamously dropping 3- and 5-year-old girls over tall fencing nearby.© Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesHow she spent her time:
Harris hosted a roundtable talk with nonprofit leaders on her border visit to El Paso, Texas
Other parts of the border are far worse, leaders of the Border Patrol's labor union said, slamming Harris for picking El Paso.
Although reporters weren't allowed to witness the VP's meeting with children, Harris' office released flattering quotes from her meeting with the five girls aged 9-16, who arrived to the border from Central America without their parents.© Unknown"I met with the children, with the young girls. And you know, it was interesting, they have obviously fled great harm. They're there without their parents. They are also full of hope. They were asking me questions: 'How do you become the first woman vice president?'"Biden has called for legislation to legalize almost all of the estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the US and campaigned on welcoming asylum seekers from Central America.
Critics accuse Biden of creating new "pull" factors that are luring the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to the country — a stance notably taken by Guatemala's president and Mexico's president.
Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott was dismissed from his job Wednesday ahead of Harris' visit — which was hastily announced ahead of former President Donald Trump's trip to the border next week. Trump is expected to slam Biden and Harris.
Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, said in a Fox News interview:"You don't go to El Paso to see what is actually going on at the border. Harris should have visited McAllen, Texas, to see where the most migrant apprehensions are happening or Tucson, Ariz., to see where the most migrants are successfully evading authorities."The vice president of the Border Patrol's union, Art Del Cueto, called Harris' choice of El Paso a "slap in the face. If she really wanted to see what was going on, she would go to the hot zones."
"the Biden administration [had] issued new rules pushing twisted critical race theory [...] into our military. Our generals and our admirals are now focused more on this nonsense than they are on our enemies. You see these generals lately on television? They are woke".He went on to argue that the US military "will be incapable of fighting and incapable of taking orders", referring to a potential spat between a US private and a "woke general".
"That private's going to tell the general, 'Don't you ever speak to me that way, general — I'll kick your ass'. That's our military, that's where we're going. Woke. We need a Republican Congress to ban critical race theory".
"We believe it is important to focus on emerging chemical and biological technologies, trends in the trade of CBW-related goods and threats."When it came to France, Secretary Clinton's cable noted:
"The U.S. believes participants would benefit from hearing about your experiences assisting China in setting up a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology from the export control and intangible technology transfer perspectives. We are particularly interested to know how China plans to vet incoming foreign researchers from countries of biological weapons proliferation concern."
"The opioid epidemic has wreaked havoc on countless communities across New York state and the rest of the nation, leaving millions still addicted to dangerous and deadly opioids. Johnson & Johnson helped fuel this fire, but today they're committing to leaving the opioid business — not only in New York, but across the entire country."The money, to be paid to the state over nine years, will be spent "to prevent any future devastation" from opioids. Her office noted it was the largest monetary settlement secured under her attorney generalship.
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