{"id":2346915,"date":"2024-09-27T18:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-border-visit-backfires-before-she-even-arrives-border-patrol-union-releases-statement\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T18:35:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T22:35:42","slug":"kamala-harris-border-visit-backfires-before-she-even-arrives-border-patrol-union-releases-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-border-visit-backfires-before-she-even-arrives-border-patrol-union-releases-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217; Border Visit Backfires Before She Even Arrives &#8211; Border Patrol Union Releases Statement"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fkamala-harris-border-visit-backfires-before-she-even-arrives-border-patrol-union-releases-statement%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=2346915&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>Vice President Kamala Harris is planning a visit \u2062to the Arizona border just over \u2064a month\u200d before the upcoming Election Day. This comes after significant\u200d criticism regarding her handling of\u2063 immigration issues, particularly since she was appointed by President Biden in 2021 \u2062to address the\u200c root causes of illegal immigration. \u200dThe Border Patrol union has publicly\u200b condemned her visit, with Vice President Art Del\u2063 Cueto stating that Harris&#8217;s actions are a &#8220;slap in the \u2063face&#8221; to the American public and the officers working at the border. This marks Harris&#8217;s first \u200dborder visit \u2063since June 2021, and the criticisms highlight her perceived failure to address \u200dthe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phil-murphy-claims-new-jersey-cannot-take-in-new-york-immigrants\/\" title=\"Phil Murphy asserts New Jersey unable to accommodate New York immigrants.\">ongoing \u2064immigration crisis<\/a> during her tenure. Observers suggest \u200bthat her visit is more motivated by political ambitions rather than \u200bgenuine concern for the issues at hand. the\u200c visit is seen as a political misstep, especially in \u200blight of increasing illegal crossings and discontent with the administration&#8217;s immigration policies.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The last place Vice President Kamala Harris should be going with just over a month to go before Election Day is the border.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t take a savvy campaign strategist to figure out this is the place where she is the weakest after her time in office has seen millions of illegal immigrants flood the country &mdash; after Harris was charged by President Joe Biden in 2021 with dealing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Root-Causes-Strategy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-attributes-his-survival-to-illegal-immigration-chart-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump attributes his survival to &#039;illegal immigration&#039; chart - Washington Examiner\">illegal immigration&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s &ldquo;root causes.&rdquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Any thinking person knows this, but apparently Harris doesn&rsquo;t, as her planned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rancher-dealt-devastating-impact-illegal-immigration-sends-message-kamala-ahead-border-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip to the border<\/a> in Arizona on Friday shows.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/watch-live-harris-delivers-campaign-remarks-in-arizona-after-visit-to-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scheduled to speak<\/a> Friday evening in Douglas, Arizona, but ahead of that visit, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/recently-retired-border-patrol-union-president-lays-disappointing-truth-kamala-harris-immigration-efforts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Border Patrol<\/a> union put out a statement in which National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto went absolutely scorched earth on her.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News&rsquo; Bill Melugin posted the statement to X Friday morning:<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Border Patrol union statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews?\">@FoxNews<\/a> re: VP Kamala Harris&rsquo; border visit in AZ today &ndash; her first visit to the southern border since June 2021 when she went to El Paso, TX.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;After years of not just ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1839659971690316029?\">September 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Del Cueto, an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/border-patrol-union-leader-slams-biden-reveals-horrific-situation-taking-place-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">outspoken critic<\/a> of the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s border policies, called the visit, &ldquo;a slap in the face to the American public,&rdquo; and stated, &ldquo;what it is in reality is a slap in the face towards the men and women that put their lives on the line every day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He ended with a compelling question for anyone totally fed up with the administration&rsquo;s handling of the issue:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Where has she been?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As Melugin noted, this is the first border visit for Harris since 2021, when she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-lands-border-democratic-rep-reveals-border-transformation-welcome-new-ellis-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">made an appearance<\/a> in El Paso, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>She isn&rsquo;t going out of principle, because we know she has none.<\/p>\n<p>She&rsquo;s going because she craves power.<\/p>\n<p>Only the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-effectively-forced-trump-campaign-cancel-event-according-disputed-whistleblower-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> campaign<\/a> trail has led her there.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, what does she hope to accomplish?<\/p>\n<p>Candidates must contrast themselves with their opponents in hopes of winning over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dont-get-mika-brzezinski-just-doesnt-get-undecided-voters-consider-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">undecided voters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For Harris, appearing at the border only reminds those voters how much safer and secure things were when former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-desperate-cnn-forces-children-talk-politics-gets-brutal-answers-trump-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> was in office.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers speak for themselves, as December 2023 saw record high migrant encounters for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">border patrol<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2024\/02\/15\/migrant-encounters-at-the-us-mexico-border-hit-a-record-high-at-the-end-of-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pew Research reported<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n<p>Calling the Harris decision to visit the border a political blunder is an understatement.<\/p>\n<p>Del Cueto is right to be outraged, given that the past three-and-a-half years haven&rsquo;t seen Harris do her job.<\/p>\n<p>She doesn&rsquo;t want to do it now. 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