{"id":574106,"date":"2021-06-25T15:22:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574106"},"modified":"2021-06-25T15:22:10","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T19:22:10","slug":"kamala-harris-blames-trump-for-border-crisis-touts-biden-admins-extreme-progress-on-immigration-in-border-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-blames-trump-for-border-crisis-touts-biden-admins-extreme-progress-on-immigration-in-border-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Blames Trump For Border Crisis, Touts Biden Admin\u2019s \u2018Extreme Progress\u2019 On Immigration In Border Speech"},"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\">34<\/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-blames-trump-for-border-crisis-touts-biden-admins-extreme-progress-on-immigration-in-border-speech%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=574106&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-1233651940.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris blamed the Trump administration for the Biden administration\u2019s ongoing border crisis in a speech in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, and claimed that the Biden White House has made \u201cextreme progress\u201d on handling illegal immigration, despite a record-setting number of border interdictions.<\/p>\n<p>Harris pointed fingers at Trump in a Friday afternoon speech to faith-based immigration organizations assisting at the border, telling activists that that \u201cwe inherited a tough situation\u201d and touting the Biden administration\u2019s response to the record number of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers presenting themselves at the United States-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn five months we\u2019ve made progress, but there\u2019s still more work to be done, but we\u2019ve made progress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing reporters, Harris added that the Biden administration Department of Homeland Security has been instrumental in the \u201cprogress\u201d the White House claims is happening on the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI commend all of them for their success they have seen thus far, I call it progress, we\u2019re not exactly where we want to be yet, but we\u2019ve seen extreme progress over these last few months because of his dedication and his efforts,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>The number of illegal immigrant encounters at the border has skyrocketed in recent months. In May alone, more than Customs and Border Protection reported more than 180,000 individuals attempting to cross the United States-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn May 2021, CBP encountered 180,034 persons attempting entry along the Southwest Border,\u201d U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement, according to a Daily Wire report from earlier in June. \u201cSingle adults continue to make up the majority of these encounters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-border-crisis-sinks-to-worst-level-in-dhs-history-explodes-674-over-last-year\">Daily Wire added that the number<\/a> \u201crepresented a staggering 674% increase vs. May of 2020 when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">23,237<\/a> illegal aliens were apprehended. Last month\u2019s numbers were the\u00a0worst numbers in more than two decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris also appeared to clarify why she and her team selected to visit El Paso, Texas, rather than cities in the Rio Grande Valley, which have been largely under siege by the Biden border crisis since the beginning of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration. Through hints to reporters, Harris suggested that the choice of El Paso was also meant to draw attention to the Trump administration\u2019s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening here in El Paso in many ways highlights many of the facets of immigration,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>She also \u201cnoted that El Paso was where the controversial child separation policy began,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/live-updates-harris-visits-southern-border\">according to Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A later report from the same network noted that Harris defended visiting El Paso by saying that \u201ca number of Trump policies, like the Remain-in-Mexico policy and child separation policies, were implemented\u201d there.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has now been out of power for nearly six months, and a new \u201cchild migrant crisis\u201d has cropped up. As of last month, the Biden administration was still holding \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of unaccompanied minors in federal facilities, though many had moved out of Customs and Border Protection detention centers. Although the Biden administration cheered \u201cmassive drops\u201d in the number of children in CBP custody, many of those children were simply transferred to HHS facilities, where thousands remain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe AP reported that \u2018tens of thousands\u2019 of children, \u2018from toddlers to teens\u2019 remain in U.S. custody, in a network of shelters across the country, many of which are escaping scrutiny. The shelters are, the AP noted, staffed, in some cases, by people who have escaped having to pass an FBI background check, and the children \u2018aren\u2019t guaranteed access to education, recreational opportunities, or legal counsel,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-biden-admin-still-holding-tens-of-thousands-of-migrant-kids-with-little-oversight\">Daily Wire reported in May<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/undercooked-food-bright-lights-no-showers-migrant-children-blast-biden-administration-over-deplorable-camp-conditions-in-legal-filings\">Daily Mail noted Monday<\/a> that around 14,000 children remain in U.S. custody, down from a high of around 22,000.<\/p>\n<p>In legal filings submitted last week, immigration activists noted that children in these facilities routinely complain of undercooked food and \u201cdeplorable\u201d conditions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/undercooked-food-bright-lights-no-showers-migrant-children-blast-biden-administration-over-deplorable-camp-conditions-in-legal-filings\">the Daily Wire also reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris blamed the Trump administration for the Biden administration\u2019s ongoing border crisis in a speech in El Paso, Texas, on Friday, and claimed that the Biden White &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281367,"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-1233651940.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Blames Trump For Border Crisis, Touts Biden Admin\u2019s \u2018Extreme Progress\u2019 On Immigration In Border Speech","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574106","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-1233651940.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Kamala Harris Blames Trump For Border Crisis, Touts Biden Admin\u2019s \u2018Extreme Progress\u2019 On Immigration In Border Speech","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574106","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=574106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}