{"id":2309678,"date":"2024-07-26T15:13:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309678"},"modified":"2024-07-26T15:17:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T19:17:44","slug":"wikipedia-sleuths-fight-over-whether-harris-was-border-czar-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikipedia-sleuths-fight-over-whether-harris-was-border-czar-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Wikipedia sleuths fight over whether Harris was \u2018border czar\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwikipedia-sleuths-fight-over-whether-harris-was-border-czar-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2309678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The ongoing debate about \u200dKamala Harris&#8217;s role as the so-called &#8220;border czar&#8221; has gained\u2062 attention, particularly as she \u2064is positioned\u200d to potentially challenge Donald\u2062 Trump in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-doj-will-trigger-a-major-crisis-if-trump-is-indicted-for-jan-6\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s DOJ risks crisis if Trump faces Jan. 6 indictment.\">upcoming \u200dpresidential election<\/a>. Although no official title of &#8220;border czar&#8221; \u200cwas bestowed on her by\u200c President Biden, many media outlets and \u2063commentators used the term to describe her responsibilities in addressing the root\u200c causes\u2063 of illegal immigration \u200bfrom Central America.\u2063 This included diplomatic efforts \u2062to collaborate with countries from which migrants originate.<\/p>\n<p>As\u2063 Harris&#8217;s campaign advances, \u200bcriticisms have emerged regarding\u200c her effectiveness\u200c in managing U.S. immigration issues and her\u2062 delayed response in visiting \u2063the southern \u200dborder. In light of this scrutiny, various\u2064 media organizations \u200chave started\u200d to\u2064 clarify or retract previous \u200breferences to her as the &#8220;border czar.&#8221; This controversy even \u2063extended to editing discussions on\u200c Wikipedia, \u200cwhere some users contested her inclusion\u200c in lists of U.S. \u200dexecutive branch czars. Following a deletion \u200cof her \u2063name \u200cfrom such listings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matrix-here-we-come-scientists-say-ai-now-able-to-reproduce-new-ai-on-its-own-for-the-first-time\/\" title=\"AI can now create new AI independently, say scientists. Matrix awaits\">users expressed concern<\/a>\u200b over what they \u2063perceived as political revisionism or manipulative tactics to downplay her\u2062 involvement in immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the debate around the title, it is clear that\u200b Harris has \u2063been tasked \u2063with overseeing immigration-related matters, particularly\u200b focusing \u2063on\u2062 the challenges\u2064 posed by migration\u200b from\u200d Central America. The controversy \u200cillustrates the complexities\u200d of\u200b her\u200c political landscape as she prepares for \u2064a potential electoral battle in November.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wikipedia sleuths fight over whether Harris was &lsquo;border czar&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1714540\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As soon as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vice President<\/a> Kamala Harris took over the mantle from President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, her biggest supporters began throwing cold water on her status and responsibility as the administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border<\/a> czar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One of the first high-profile jobs Harris received was to address the root causes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnn-analysis-amid-crises-biden-has-logged-more-personal-travel-days-than-any-president-in-decades\/\" title=\"CNN Analysis: Amid Crises, Biden Has Logged More \u2018Personal Travel\u2019 Days Than Any President In Decades\">surging illegal immigration<\/a> and to use diplomatic channels to work with countries in Central America where many migrants were coming from. She was never given the title &ldquo;border czar&rdquo; by the president, but the shorthand was used regularly by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-makes-address-after-counsel-report-defends-memory-but-confuses-presidents\/\" title=\"Biden Addresses Counsel Report, Defends Memory Amid Presidential Confusion\">media outlets online<\/a> and on the air.<\/p>\n<p>Now that she is heading toward being the Democratic Party&rsquo;s candidate to face off against former President Donald Trump in November, however, criticism of her failure to stem the tide of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">illegal border crossings<\/a> and her delay in visiting the southern border are complicating her future. Several media outlets have walked back reporting they did referring to Harris as the &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo; and editors are trading barbs updating the reference to the unofficial position on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n<p>Several notes and comments have been made toward the title on a page listing U.S. executive branch czars. At one point, Harris was deleted from the list entirely.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looks like Wikipedia editors are fighting over whether Kamala Harris was the border czar. Here&#8217;s are two screenshots I&#8217;ve taken of the executive branch czar page over the past few minutes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2SnvnPgPOc\">pic.twitter.com\/2SnvnPgPOc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; James Lynch (@jameslynch32) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jameslynch32\/status\/1816573645822562449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s deletion prompted an uproar from users, and her name was placed back on the list with several citations attached to it. One user proclaimed, &ldquo;This is literal propaganda and revisionism,&rdquo; in response to her removal.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: &ldquo;Wikipedia&rsquo;s editors once again showing utter contempt of history itself and an embrace of Orwellianism. Axios and numerous other main stream media outlets reported Harris was designated the Border Czar. Biden himself said it. This is utterly ridiculous revisionist nonsense designed to play into the political left&rsquo;s whitewashing of Harris record.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The debate provides insight into some of the public&rsquo;s views on whether Harris was named &ldquo;border czar.&rdquo; The Harris campaign disputes that she ever had such a title.<\/p>\n<p>What is not in dispute is that Harris was placed in charge of migration from Central America, according to a White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/07\/29\/fact-sheet-strategy-to-address-the-root-causes-of-migration-in-central-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>press release<\/a> in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since March, Vice President Kamala Harris has been leading the Administration&rsquo;s diplomatic efforts to address the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras,&rdquo; it said. &ldquo;She has worked with bilateral, multilateral, and private sector partners, as well as civil society leaders, to help people from the region find hope at home.&nbsp;&ldquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris is being tied to all of the administration&rsquo;s successes and failures, and Republicans are especially interested in dinging her record on border security &mdash;&nbsp;one of the top issues voters say they are concerned about in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Republicans can reinforce Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;border czar&rdquo; label, they may have a powerful attack tool to use this election cycle. A 2024 poll showed 78% of respondents believed the influx of migrants into the country was a &ldquo;crisis&rdquo; or a &ldquo;major problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC recently poured $32 million into attacking Harris on the border and for her record as a prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1714540\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1714540\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikipedia editors are in a dispute over whether Vice President Kamala Harris was ever officially designated as the &#8220;border czar.&#8221; After taking on her role from President Joe Biden, her supporters quickly began to downplay her title and responsibilities related to border issues. Harris was tasked with tackling the underlying causes of rising illegal immigration and engaging diplomatically with Central American nations from which many migrants originate. Although she was never formally given the title of &#8220;border czar&#8221; by the president, this term was frequently used by various media outlets. As she moves closer to potentially being the Democratic candidate against former President Donald Trump in the upcoming election, criticism regarding her handling of illegal border crossings and her delayed visit to the southern border is complicating her political future. <\/p>\n<p>Several media organizations have retracted their previous references to Harris as the &#8220;border czar,&#8221; leading to a heated debate among Wikipedia editors about her inclusion on a list of U.S. executive branch czars. At one point, her name was completely removed, sparking backlash from users who accused the editors of historical revisionism. Following this uproar, her name was reinstated with multiple citations. The Harris campaign denies that she ever held the title, but it is acknowledged that she was responsible for addressing migration issues from Central America, as stated in a 2021 White House press release. <\/p>\n<p>Harris is now linked to both the successes and failures of the administration, with Republicans particularly focused on her record regarding border security, a key concern for voters in the upcoming election. If they can solidify the &#8220;border czar&#8221; label for Harris, it could serve as a significant point of attack in their campaign. A recent poll indicated that 78% of respondents view the surge of migrants as a &#8220;crisis&#8221; or a &#8220;major problem.&#8221; The Make America Great Again Inc. super PAC has already invested $32 million in efforts to criticize Harris on border issues and her past as a prosecutor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2309684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala-Harris-Brian-Fallon-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[34478,4021,10199],"class_list":["post-2309678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-czar","tag-harris","tag-wikipedia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Kamala-Harris-Brian-Fallon-2024-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}