{"id":556961,"date":"2021-06-08T13:51:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556961"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:51:18","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:51:18","slug":"kamala-harris-trip-to-south-america-suffers-early-missteps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-trip-to-south-america-suffers-early-missteps\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris\u2019 Trip To South America Suffers Early Missteps"},"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\">18<\/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-trip-to-south-america-suffers-early-missteps%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=556961&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321329495-scaled-e1622736048331.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Technical failures and political embarrassments marred the opening days of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 immigration tour of Central America, and she is now heading to meet a second head of state who blames the Biden-Harris administration for the immigration surge at the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>Harris landed in Guatemala on Sunday despite mechanical failures that forced her plane to turn around soon after takeoff. She then spent the flight <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-harris-guatemala-customs-and-border-protection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">handing out cookies<\/a> bearing her own likeness, garnering mixed reactions. It was the same day Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei tied the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s immigration policies to the illegal immigration surge at the U.S. border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.1457286432161\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@vp<\/a> made an OTR visit to the back of the plane and delivered cookies decorated with the shape of her likeness as well as AF2. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQrUR47Vgc\">pic.twitter.com\/TQrUR47Vgc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Courtney Subramanian (@cmsub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cmsub\/status\/1401701417715486734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Soon after landing, protesters reportedly met her motorcade <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/07\/guatemala-protesters-tell-kamala-harris-trump-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">with signs<\/a> saying \u201cTrump won,\u201d \u201cGo home\u201d and \u201cKamala, mind your own business.\u201d Harris met with Giammattei and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-customs-and-border-protection-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gave a speech<\/a> urging Guatemalans not to come to the U.S. on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"8.3478260869565\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Mira como nuestros hermanos guatemaltecos recibieron a Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris Greeted In Guatemala With \u2018Go Home\u2019 and \u2018Trump Won\u2019 Messages <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5ODXf3F2F\">https:\/\/t.co\/A5ODXf3F2F<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Lkts1vYOE\">pic.twitter.com\/4Lkts1vYOE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 El Nuevo Estado (@eInuevoestado) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eInuevoestado\/status\/1401908263810174979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Giammattei <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/06\/07\/guatemala-protesters-tell-kamala-harris-trump-won\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Sunday that \u201ccoyotes\u201d had started organizing groups to cross the border \u201cthe very next day\u201d after the Biden-Harris inauguration. He also called on the administration to deliver a clearer message on immigration. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/22\/not-today-kamala-harris-border-visit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018Not Today!\u2019: Kamala Harris Cracks Up When Asked If She Will Visit The Border)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Her Monday statements brought criticism from both sides of the aisle as Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her squad attacked the vice president for warning Guatemalans not to cross the border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.508522727273\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is disappointing to see.<\/p>\n<p>First, seeking asylum at any US border is a 100% legal method of arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Second, the US spent decades contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin America. We can\u2019t help set someone\u2019s house on fire and then blame them for fleeing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vADyh5H0bw\">https:\/\/t.co\/vADyh5H0bw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1402041820096389124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt would be helpful if the US would finally acknowledge its contributions to destabilization and regime change in the region. Doing so can help us change US foreign policy, trade policy, climate policy, &#038; carceral border policy to address causes of mass displacement &#038; migration,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a follow-up tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Miller, the senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, ripped Harris\u2019 speech as \u201cmeaningless\u201d and \u201ca lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" readability=\"11.942771084337\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And, tragically, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a>\u2019s meaningless \u201cdo not come\u201d statement is a lie. Just like the contemptible lie from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecMayorkas?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecMayorkas<\/a> that \u201cthe border is closed.\u201d The truth is that Biden has flung the border wide open. The *policy* is come now and you will get in, and the whole world knows it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Miller (@StephenM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1402293810277793796?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harris then met with Mexican President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador on Tuesday, another head of state who has blamed the Biden-Harris administration for the surge.<\/p>\n<p>Obrador told reporters after Tuesday\u2019s event that he planned to \u201ctouch on\u201d the issue of increasing border security with Harris, but said they were focused on \u201croot causes.\u201d The comments were more reserved than his criticism for the new administration in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpectations were created that with the Government of President [Joe] Biden there would be better treatment of migrants,\u201d Obrador said at the time. \u201cAnd this has caused Central American migrants, and also from our country, wanting to cross the border thinking that it is easier to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.620689655172\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AMLO: \u201cExpectations were created that with the Government of President Biden there would be a better treatment of migrants. And this has caused Central American migrants, and also from our country, wanting to cross the border thinking that it is easier to do so\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TNrZQamuWK\">pic.twitter.com\/TNrZQamuWK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jos\u00e9 D\u00edaz-Brise\u00f1o (@diazbriseno) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/diazbriseno\/status\/1374391861226311680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported 178,622 border apprehensions in April, the most recent month with available data. The number is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-announces-april-2021-operational-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a 21-year record<\/a> for monthly apprehensions.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has sought to distance herself from the border situation since Biden appointed her to address the ongoing surge in late March. Harris argues her role is to address the \u201croot causes\u201d of immigration in Guatemala and Mexico, such as high crime rates and poverty, and that she therefore does not need to visit the border.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have swatted the argument down, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a reason Kamala Harris doesn\u2019t want to go to the border. There\u2019s a reason Joe Biden doesn\u2019t want to go to the border. Because they know that if they go, the reporters will follow them and the TV cameras will follow them. Their strategy is simple, it\u2019s: try to cover this up,\u201d Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/biden-harris-dont-have-a-solution-to-border-crisis-sen-ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told Fox News<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Critics <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/kamala-harris-deflects-lester-holt-border-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">have pressed her<\/a> on why she has yet to make the trip, most recently in an NBC News interview with Lester Holt that airs Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h4>WATCH:<\/h4>\n<p>\u201cDo you have any plans to visit the border?\u201d Holt asked in a preview released Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point. You know, we are going to the border. We\u2019ve been to the border. So, this whole thing about the border\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">\u2014\u00a0<\/span>we\u2019ve been to the border. We\u2019ve been to the border,\u201d Harris responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou haven\u2019t been to the border,\u201d Holt interjected.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"21.265725288832\">\n<p>\u201cI care about what\u2019s happening at the border. I\u2019m in Guatemala because my focus is dealing with the root causes of migration,\u201d Harris continued. \u201cThere may be some who think that that is not important but it is my firm belief that if we care about what\u2019s happening at the border, we better care about the root causes and address them, and so that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/07\/kamala-customs-and-border-protection-guatemala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> various efforts aimed at stemming the flow of migrants, such as training local law enforcement to investigation transnational crimes and offering hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccine doses.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden-Harris administration has requested $861 million for aide to Central and South American countries, although such aide has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/04\/donald-trump-customs-and-border-protection-joe-biden-central-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">never been proven<\/a> to decrease border crossings.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technical failures and political embarrassments marred the opening days of Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 immigration tour of Central America, and she is now heading to meet a second head of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279627,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321329495-scaled-e1622736048331.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris\u2019 Trip To South America Suffers Early Missteps","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1321329495-scaled-e1622736048331.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris\u2019 Trip To South America Suffers Early Missteps","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556961","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=556961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}