Kamala Harris Slammed for Going 30 Days Without Visiting Border as Crisis Intensifies
On 4/23/21 at 1:05 PM EDT
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing scrutiny for not visiting the southern border as the number of migrants attempting to cross the border continues to intensify.
It has been 30 days since President Joe Biden announced he would be tasking Harris with leading the diplomatic efforts to stem the migration. At a White House immigration meeting on March 24, Biden said Harris would lead the administration s efforts with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to both curb the current flow of migrants and implement long-term strategies that would address the root causes of migration.
Democratic US Representative Maxine Waters’s comments about the need for Black Lives Matter protesters to be more confrontational with authorities drew criticism from Republicans, as well as a rebuke from the judge in the George Floyd murder trial, now in jury deliberations in Minneapolis.
Waters, who is African American, speaking amid a crowd of protesters during the weekend said if Chauvin is not found guilty of Floyd’s killing, protests would need to be more confrontational.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin who held his knee on Floyd’s neck until he was unconscious is on trial on three counts of murder in the unarmed Black man’s death.