Posted on 03/24/2021 4:05:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Joe Biden announced on March 24 that Vice President Kamala Harris will be tapped to lead the administration’s efforts in stemming the influx of illegal immigrants at the U.S.–Mexico border.
Biden told reporters that Harris was the “most qualified” person to handle the task. It comes as the administration faces growing pressure over how it’s handling a surge at the border that started after Biden was sworn into office.
“This increase has been consequential, but the vice president has agreed … to lead our diplomatic effort and to work with those nations to accept the returnees and enhance migration enforcement at their borders,” Biden said.
“It’s not her full responsibility job, but she is leading the effort because I think the best thing to do is to put someone who … speaks for me, doesn’t have to check with me. She knows what she’s doing, and I hope we can move this along,” he told reporters, according to pool reports.
Border Patrol apprehended 100,441 illegal border-crossers along the southern border in February, according to Customs and Border Protection. The number reflects a 28 percent increase over January.
An ongoing immigration policy tracker by the Heritage Foundation found that Biden has rolled back almost all of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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Harris laughed at the notion of her visiting the border.
... which actually fits the administration’s position on border security.
Biden doesn’t say sh*t!
What an oxymoron to have Heels Up Harris in charge of Sex Trafficking!!!
We certainly have become a laughing stock banana republic—except this nightmare is anything but funny!
We desperately need a miracle to save our country.
THE HERITAGAE FOUNDATION BORDER POLICY TRACKER
I. BUILDING THE BORDER WALL
The Trump Administration completed over 452 miles of border wall system of physical barriers, access roads, lighting, and advanced technologies for effective border security. Wall funds included congressional appropriations, Treasury forfeitures, and Defense military construction.
On Jan. 20. President Biden proclaimed an end to the national emergency on the southern border, halted construction of the border wall and declared no more taxpayer money would be diverted to it, despite remaining congressional funds.
II. MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS
Under the Trump Administration, Under the “Remain-in-Mexico” program, migrants coming to the southern border and claiming fear remained in Mexico to await their asylum court hearings. When future migrants learned they could no longer enter the U.S. and disappear into the interior after claiming fear, the caravans stopped and the border numbers decreased.
Under the Biden Administration,
Jan. 20. President Biden issued an executive order for a strategy to bring MPP-registered aliens into the U.S.
Feb. 2. DHS suspended MPP.
Feb. 19. DHS started to process MPP-registered aliens into the U.S.
III ASYLUM COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS
In 2019, President Trump reached a series of agreements with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to enforce their respective borders, build up their asylum systems, accept return of foreign nationals, and reduce illegal immigration to the U.S.
Feb. 2. President Biden ordered that the agreements with the Northern Triangle countries be reviewed to determine whether to suspend or terminate them.
Feb. 6. The State Department announced that the agreements are suspended and the process to terminate them had begun.
IV. SAFE THIRD COUNTRY RULE
Under Trump, In 2019, DOJ and DHS published a joint interim final rule that generally barred aliens from applying for asylum in the U.S. if they had transited through a safe country, but did not seek asylum there, on their way to the U.S.
Feb. 2. President Biden directed the Secretary of Homeland Security to consider repealing the rule.
V. PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
Under Trump, DHS published a final rule defining “public charge” as an alien who receives one or more designated public benefits for more than 12 months, in the aggregate, within any 36-month period. Public charge aliens have been inadmissible going back to the 1800s based on the concept that immigrants should be self-reliant.
Feb. 2. President Biden has ordered a review of the public charge rule.
March 10. The Biden Administration announced that it will no longer defend the 2019 public charge rule in court challenges because it is not in the public interest, an efficient use of limited government resources, or in keeping with American
VI. SANCTUARY JURISDICTIONS
President Trump ordered that federal grants not be awarded to jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with ICE to remove criminal aliens. This order was challenged in the courts with various results and had not been settled by the Supreme Court.
Jan. 20. President Biden revoked President Trump’s order.
What stupidity. Since her boss has signed multiple EO’s that CAUSED this surge, I have no idea what she could possibly do to counter that... assuming that there’s even a will to try.
VII TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS (TPS)
President Trump terminated TPS for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan, which had country designations for many years, contrary to the “temporary” intent. The terminations were challenged in court and DHS was ordered to continue providing the protection and work authorization, despite the law clearly stating there shall be no judicial review.
Jan. 20. The Biden Administration sent his immigration bill proposal to Congress, which included providing green cards to aliens with TPS as of Jan. 2017.
March 8. The DHS designated Venezuela for TPS for 18 months, until September 2022. Venezuelan nationals residing in the U.S. by March 8, 2021, are eligible to apply for TPS, work authorization, and advance parole.
March 12. DHS designated Burma for TPS for 18 months until September 2022. Burmese nationals residing in the U.S. by March 11, 2021, are eligible to apply for TPS, work authorization, and advance parole.
Well...she can’t sleep with all of them.
Every president of Central and South America is in for a real treat.
Hell, it might even work itself out...
Every president has a code name - Just sayin’
Just what we need: Hyena Harris in charge of the border.
Little late dontcha think
What is Kamala going to do? Threaten to sleep with AMLO?
“It’s not her full responsibility job...”
LOLOL...VPs have NO full time responsibilities at all. None.
With 42 million more wanting to come to the US she be screwed
All they begs to do is re-implement everything Trump did. It ain’t rocket surgery.
Biden’s code name must be the “invisible man”
Yeah, riiiiight
“Kamala does the Border” - for mature audiences only.
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