{"id":950143,"date":"2021-11-01T15:13:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=950143"},"modified":"2021-11-01T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T19:14:00","slug":"vp-kamala-harris-headlines-electric-trucks-event-as-border-encounters-with-illegal-aliens-up-314-percent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vp-kamala-harris-headlines-electric-trucks-event-as-border-encounters-with-illegal-aliens-up-314-percent\/","title":{"rendered":"VP Kamala Harris Headlines Electric Trucks Event as Border Encounters with Illegal Aliens Up 314 Percent"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fvp-kamala-harris-headlines-electric-trucks-event-as-border-encounters-with-illegal-aliens-up-314-percent%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=950143&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 class=\"subheading\">Vice President Kamala Harris is in New York on Monday to promote the use of electric trucks as the supply chain crisis \u2014 and trucking shortage \u2014 continues and the latest statistics on the number of illegal alien encounters on the southern border <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters-by-component\">are up<\/a> 314 percent.<\/p>\n<p>That amounts to 1,659,206 for fiscal year 2021 as of October 22, 2021 \u2014 up from 400,651 in fiscal year 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>President Joe Biden named Harris the border czar to solve the ongoing flow of migrants streaming across the border.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18554122\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CBP-shows-encounters-with-illegal-migrants-up-314.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18554122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/CBP-shows-encounters-with-illegal-migrants-up-314.png\" alt=\"U.S Customs and Border Protection Southwest Land Border Encounters\" width=\"1608\" height=\"1206\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S Customs and Border Protection Southwest Land Border Encounters<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC News eagerly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/vp-harris-pitching-u-s-climate-action-ny-cop26-gets-n1282818\">reported<\/a> on the New York trip where Harris will be joined by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY):<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Queens on Monday to pitch heavy-duty electric trucks, climate friendly home heating and other domestic steps to combat global warming as the U.N. climate summit gets underway in Scotland, White House officials tell NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Harris\u2019 visit comes as the Biden administration is working to show it can credibly deliver on its promise to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2050 even as climate legislation in Congress remains in limbo. Granholm, a longtime advocate for electric vehicles, will head to Glasgow after the stop in New York as one of about a dozen Cabinet members attending the summit, known as COP26.<\/p>\n<p>At JFK, Harris and Granholm are to meet with semi-truck driver Pat Brandon, who has shifted to operating a gas-guzzling truck to an electric one, White House officials said. Cars and trucks are responsible for about 29 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, more than any other source, according to the EPA.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a one-two punch,\u201d Ike Irby, the vice president\u2019s climate advisor, told NBC News. \u201cHe\u2019s abroad advocating for climate leadership internationally. The vice president is here in the United States underscoring how Build Back Better, the bipartisan infrastructure deal will create jobs here at home, address the climate crisis here at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_18554578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236278047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18554578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236278047.jpg\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden removes his facemask as he steps to the podium to present his national statement as part of the World Leaders&#039; Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 1, 2021. - COP26, running from October 31 to November 12 in Glasgow will be the biggest climate conference since the 2015 Paris summit and is seen as crucial in setting worldwide emission targets to slow global warming, as well as firming up other key commitments (Photo by Evan Vucci \/ POOL \/ AFP) (Photo by EVAN VUCCI\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. President Joe Biden presents his national statement as part of the World Leaders\u2019 Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on November 1, 2021. (Photo by EVAN VUCCI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>NBC reported that Harris will also meet with New York state officials to push them to make sure to unionize any jobs in the wind or other alternative energy sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYet in the past, renewable energy jobs have been lower paying and less likely to be unionized than those in fossil fuels,\u201d NBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration will also announce at the event that the Energy Department will partner with heating and cooling manufacturers to speed up development of electric heat pumps.<\/p>\n<p>The border data is from U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) Title 8 Apprehensions, Office of Field Operations (OFO), Title 8 Inadmissibles, and Title 42 Expulsions.<\/p>\n<p>Demographics for USBP and OFO include, Accompanied Minors (AM), Individuals in a Family Unit (FMUA), Single Adults, and Unaccompanied Children (UC).<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Penny Starr on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> or send news tips to pstarr@breitbart.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris is in New York on Monday to promote the use of electric trucks as the supply chain crisis \u2014 and trucking shortage \u2014 continues and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-950143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950143","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=950143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/950143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=950143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=950143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=950143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}