Democrats now insist that Vice President Kamala Harris, the party’s presumptive presidential nominee, was never actually the “border czar” in the Biden administration and instead only had responsibility for a small slice of the immigration portfolio — tackling the “root causes” of migration from Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
It’s easy to see why they’re downplaying her role: The border has been, and remains, one of the Biden-Harris administration’s biggest electoral liabilities. Cities and states are struggling to house an unprecedented surge in immigration, with even blue states like Massachusetts imposing new restrictions on shelter for migrants.
