(RepublicanPress.org) – After President Joe Biden decided to step out of the running for re-election, Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the frontrunner for the nomination. Not only did the president endorse her, but so did many high-profile Democrats, shining a spotlight on the VP. Now, the House is considering a resolution to admonish Biden and Harris for perceived failures at the border.
On July 23, Representative Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) introduced HR 1376, criticizing the vice president’s record related to the border. The resolution condemned the Biden administration and Harris, in particular, for failing in her alleged role as “border czar.” The resolution passed along party lines, with 210 Republicans voting in favor and 202 Democrats voting against.
Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) also introduced a resolution — HR 1371 — formally condemning the vice president’s border record. She said, “Harris’ failed leadership led to the most catastrophic open border crisis in history.” The NY lawmaker then extended the blame to “every elected Democrat,” stating all of them must be held “accountable.”
After Biden’s border czar stepped down in 2021, he asked Harris to get to the root causes of migration and work with other “nations to accept returnees” while helping them “enhance migration enforcement at their borders.” However, retired US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz stated that he had never even spoken to Harris or Biden about the border in March. He called that a “problem.” Stefanik’s resolution passed by a vote of 220 to 196, with at least 6 Democrats joining the Republicans to pass the measure.
During fiscal year 2021, Customs and Border Patrol reported nearly two million encounters at the southern border. That number climbed to over 2.7 million in the 2022 fiscal year and more than 3.2 million the following fiscal year. So far, in fiscal 2024, there have been just over 2.7 million encounters at that location, with three more months to go until the close of the fiscal year.
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