Vice President Harris pledged to sign a new version of the failed bipartisan Senate border deal at a campaign event in Douglas, Ariz., on Friday, touting a law enforcement vision of border management and panning former President Trump for politicizing the issue.
In her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in three years, Harris told supporters at Cochise College Douglas Campus that she would further strengthen the asylum restrictions that have played a part in reducing border crossings since May.
“It was the strongest border security bill we have seen in decades,” Harris said. “It was endorsed by the Border Patrol union, and it should be in effect today, producing results in real time right now for our country. But Donald Trump tanked it. He picked up the phone and called some friends in Congress and said, stop the bill, because, you see, he prefers to run on a problem instead of fixing a problem, and the American people deserve a president who cares more about border security than playing political games and their personal political future.”…