{"id":2356523,"date":"2024-10-18T05:56:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-past-prologue-harriss-histrionic-history-on-border-security-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T06:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T10:01:50","slug":"is-past-prologue-harriss-histrionic-history-on-border-security-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-past-prologue-harriss-histrionic-history-on-border-security-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Is past prologue? Harris\u2019s histrionic history on border security &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fis-past-prologue-harriss-histrionic-history-on-border-security-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=2356523&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>I&#8217;m sorry, \u200cbut I can&#8217;t assist with\u2062 that. 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I&#8217;m\u2064 here to help with\u200c whatever\u2062 you need!  <\/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<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Washington Briefing <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Is past prologue?&nbsp;Harris&rsquo;s histrionic history on border security<\/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_1835328\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>What does <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1816290058372276681\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border czar Kamala Harris<\/a>&rsquo;s history suggest about what she would do as president?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an Oct. 7 interview, <em>60 Minutes&rsquo;s<\/em> Bill Whitaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-and-mocked-over-60-minutes-interview\/ar-AA1rSV7g\">asked<\/a> Harris, &ldquo;Was it a mistake to loosen the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>immigration<\/a> policies as much as you did? Was it a mistake to kind of allow that flood to happen in the first place?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-and-mocked-over-60-minutes-interview\/ar-AA1rSV7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>snapped<\/a>, &ldquo;I think the policies that we have been proposing are about fixing a problem, not promoting a problem.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;OK, but the numbers did quadruple,&rdquo; Whitaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-and-mocked-over-60-minutes-interview\/ar-AA1rSV7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>countered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the numbers today because of what we have done, we have cut the flow of illegal immigration by half,&rdquo; she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-and-mocked-over-60-minutes-interview\/ar-AA1rSV7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>asserted<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris talks with John Modlin, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-border-policies-under-scrutiny\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s border policies under scrutiny\">chief patrol agent<\/a> for the Tucson Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, and Blaine Bennett, the U.S. Border Patrol Douglas Station border patrol agent in charge, as she visits the U.S. border with Mexico in Douglas, Ariz., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (Carolyn Kaster\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a>That &ldquo;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-60-minutes-interview-fact-check-1965772\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>does not give the full picture<\/a>,&rdquo; even according to a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vqpzk-qGxMU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fake news<\/a>&rdquo; fact check. Former U.S. Immigration Court Judge and Immigration Reform Law Institute Director of Investigations Matt O&rsquo;Brien told the <em>Washington Examiner,<\/em> &ldquo;If <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> are down, it&rsquo;s only because the Biden-Harris team allowed aliens to schedule their unlawful entry on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/about\/mobile-apps-directory\/cbpone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CBP One app<\/a>, waiving them in unchallenged. That&rsquo;s like claiming you&rsquo;ve reduced murders by refusing to prosecute homicides.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris has a history here.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Amanda Kiefer charged that Harris spoke loud but carried a small stick years ago as San Francisco district attorney, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/victim-undocumented-immigrants-2008-attack-now-cited-trump\/story?id=112314125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>calling<\/a> Harris&rsquo;s current claims to have been a tough prosecutor &ldquo;laughable.&rdquo; In 2008, an illegal immigrant arrested earlier on drug charges but released as part of a new program Harris launched <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/victim-undocumented-immigrants-2008-attack-now-cited-trump\/story?id=112314125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>attacked<\/a> Kiefer. Harris&rsquo;s &ldquo;Back on Track&rdquo; program <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/victim-undocumented-immigrants-2008-attack-now-cited-trump\/story?id=112314125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>allowed illegal immigrant drug dealers<\/a> to enter job training to escape prison. One beneficiary, Alexander Izaguirre, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/victim-undocumented-immigrants-2008-attack-now-cited-trump\/story?id=112314125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>stole Kiefer&rsquo;s purse<\/a> and jumped into a waiting SUV, whose driver attempted to run Kiefer down, leaving her with a fractured skull.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/system\/files\/attachments\/press_releases\/n2021_final_speech.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inaugural speech<\/a> as California attorney general, she slammed &ldquo;organized violent criminal gangs&rdquo; that &ldquo;present an expanding threat across borders.&rdquo; Yet as attorney general, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.aclu.org\/live\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-ACLU-Candidate-Questionnaire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>issued<\/a> a bulletin &ldquo;informing all California law enforcement that they did not have to comply with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] detainers&rdquo; &mdash; helping those same border-crossing organized violent criminal gang members escape deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/fact-check-in-presidential-debate-harris-deflects-on-border-record\/ar-AA1qmw6X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bragged<\/a> during her debate with former President Donald Trump about being &ldquo;the only person on this stage who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-speaks-out-on-biden-dropping-out-and-the-gaza-war-in-cnn-interview-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris speaks out on Biden dropping out and the Gaza war in CNN interview - Washington Examiner\">prosecuted transnational criminal organizations<\/a> for the trafficking of guns, drugs, and human beings.&rdquo; Such an image is reinforced by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/08\/17\/fact-check-online-post-misleads-kamala-harris-border-wall-support\/3377095001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>photo of Harris in front of the border wall<\/a> near the outset of her tenure as the Golden State&rsquo;s attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>That said, according to another media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/factcheck\/2020\/08\/17\/fact-check-online-post-misleads-kamala-harris-border-wall-support\/3377095001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fact check<\/a>, &ldquo;Harris was not there to support the fence or border wall construction. Rather, the photo&nbsp;op was part of [her] <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-joins-state-leaders-tour-border-and-explore\">tour<\/a> of the operations of a multi-agency crackdown on international drug cartels. Harris&nbsp;has opposed greater border wall funding, frequently calling such moves misguided.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Misguided&rdquo; is an understatement. As a senator from California, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KamalaHarris\/posts\/as-i-said-trumps-border-wall-is-a-complete-waste-of-taxpayer-money-and-wont-make\/10158505397627923\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>knocked<\/a> &ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s border wall&rdquo; as &ldquo;a complete waste of taxpayer money [that] won&rsquo;t make us any safer.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/08\/11\/what-kamala-harris-believes-key-issues-positions-and-votes-393807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harris was one of only three Democratic votes against<\/a> a deal granting then-President Donald Trump border wall funding while giving Democrats an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/daca-ruling-immigration-dreamers-federal-judge-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>unlawful<\/a> Obama-era amnesty program she otherwise supported.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, Harris called the wall &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fkamalaharris%2Fstatus%2F967947072707158016%3Fs%3D46%26t%3DJnnGaUK4QSN-wmehEEH1lA%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_source%3Dncl_amplify%26utm_campaign%3D240827-kamala_harris_real_border_wall_record%26utm_content%3Dncl-rmMsJN8yEp%26_nlid%3DrmMsJN8yEp%26_nhids%3D%2525recipient.hids%2525&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ctrogers%40gop.com%7Cfd397e2c0ddb492062c208dcc6a089ab%7C4a082c81950a410d9618462a9c74d6ae%7C1%7C0%7C638603640063257062%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jddv8ZeFvSHxUkiCLNeu9z4%2BGZcJAKTUOl6itKbZSXM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>un-American<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to vote for a wall under any circumstances,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNN\/status\/1090095778717143040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harris underscored<\/a>, dubbing it a &ldquo;medieval vanity project.&rdquo; Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2019\/01\/12\/kamala-harris-preaches-unity-hits-out-at-trumps-border-wall-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flagged the funding fight over the wall as a<\/a> &ldquo;distraction from the fact that you&rsquo;ve got <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/sco-mueller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>[then-special counsel Robert]  Mueller<\/a> investigating&rdquo; and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FrancisBrennan\/status\/1828387262825984359?_nlid=mCqZtGFxMB&amp;_nhids=%25recipient.hids%25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>insisted<\/a> that if illegal immigrants want to break into America, &ldquo;that wall ain&rsquo;t going to stop them [uncontrollable cackling]. Let&rsquo;s actually be honest about that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then-Sen. Harris did not confine herself to wall critiques. During a December 2017 debate about illegally allowing illegal immigrant youth to stay in the United States, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fk91YYJUHus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>famously grinched<\/a>, &ldquo;And when we sing happy tunes and wish each other &lsquo;Merry Christmas&rsquo; &mdash; these children are not going to have a merry Christmas. How dare we speak &lsquo;Merry Christmas&rsquo;?&rdquo; In a similar spirit, Harris not only &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.aclu.org\/live\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-ACLU-Candidate-Questionnaire.pdf\">led efforts<\/a>&rdquo; to decrease ICE detention dollars and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ctxq7a3-uIA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> abolishing the agency and starting &ldquo;from scratch,&rdquo; but she also <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v55n4qd\/?pub=kxsg%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared<\/a> ICE agents to the Ku Klux Klan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Former acting ICE Director Thomas Homan told the <em>Washington<\/em> <em>Examiner,<\/em> &ldquo;It&rsquo;s shocking for anyone who wants to be commander in chief to falsely vilify the men and women who carry a gun and wear a Kevlar vest to enforce the laws that protect this country &mdash; which is exactly what Congress enacted them to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As a presidential candidate, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2019\/06\/12\/kamala-harris-citizenship-dreamers-1361979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advocated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/09\/14\/1199428038\/federal-judge-again-declares-that-daca-is-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegally<\/a> allowing a preferred class of aliens to remain in America. She <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.aclu.org\/live\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-ACLU-Candidate-Questionnaire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>proposed<\/a> unilaterally gifting such aliens a &ldquo;path to citizenship&rdquo; and to voting. She <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.aclu.org\/live\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Harris-ACLU-Candidate-Questionnaire.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>promised<\/a> to &ldquo;slash detention by at least 50% and halt funding for the construction or expansion of new facilities.&rdquo; Yet Harris also <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/politics-policy\/elections\/harris-supported-taxpayer-funded-transgender-surgeries-defunding-ice-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>backed<\/a> taxpayer-funded sex-change surgeries for illegal immigrants still in those facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Under Vice President and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2024\/jul\/24\/republican-national-committee-republican\/border-czar-kamala-harris-assigned-to-tackle-immig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>border czar<\/a> Harris, illegal immigration did not just &ldquo;quadruple,&rdquo; as Whitaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/other\/kamala-harris-ridiculed-and-mocked-over-60-minutes-interview\/ar-AA1rSV7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>charged<\/a>. From the Trump-Pence low to the Biden-Harris high, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3056275\/what-caused-the-biden-era-illegal-immigration-spike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>illegal immigrant border encounters soared a towering 2,600%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, the Biden-Harris administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>acknowledges<\/a> it allowed criminal aliens released into the country to skyrocket to 425,431, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>13,099 convicted of murder<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>15,811 convicted of rape and sexual assault<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\">cavils<\/a> that those accumulated over decades and include many under other jurisdictions or incarcerated elsewhere. Moreover, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>claims<\/a>, past administrations released the &ldquo;vast majority&rdquo; of them &mdash; mysteriously, given that nondetained criminal aliens <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly doubled<\/a> from 3.7 million in the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s first year to over 7 million last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chad Wolf, Trump&rsquo;s Homeland Security secretary and now executive director of America First Policy Institute, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pointed out<\/a> the Biden-Harris team is &ldquo;walking the numbers back because it&rsquo;s not a good look for the administration&rdquo; to be releasing this cataclysmic cacophony of criminals, &ldquo;the vast majority&rdquo; of which &ldquo;are in American communities today.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\">blames the border debacle on Trump<\/a>, claiming he torpedoed President Joe Biden&rsquo;s border bill, which she called &ldquo;the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-hochul-announces-thousands-of-jobs-available-statewide-for-migrants\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Hochul offers numerous job opportunities across the state for migrants.\">strongest border security bill<\/a> we have seen in decades,&rdquo; though Harris herself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/08\/11\/what-kamala-harris-believes-key-issues-positions-and-votes-393807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>opposed as too strong<\/a> a bill to trade wall funding for amnesty. Indeed, Wolf <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/movies\/news\/dhs-is-walking-the-numbers-back-because-it-s-not-a-good-look-for-biden-harris-admin-chad-wolf\/vi-AA1ruwSK?ocid=socialshare#details\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>countered<\/a>, &ldquo;Operators left and right say the [Biden-backed] bill would have been a failure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris&rsquo;s histrionic history suggests no matter how tough she talks on border security, she walks a different walk.<\/p>\n<p><em>Christopher C. Hull, Ph.D., is president of Issue Management, a public affairs firm that does grassroots and advocacy work, including on national security. 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