Vice President Harris, in some of her first public statements ever regarding the Southern border, touched upon this point. Harris, during her speech in Guatemala on Monday, expressly proclaimed that migrants thinking of coming to the Southern border should “not come.”
The vice president didn’t stop there, though. Harris also mentioned that the Biden administration will work to “discourage” what she referred to as “illegal migration”; shortly thereafter, Harris then stated that legal means of migration exist.
Finally, the vice president warned that migrants who insist upon coming to the Southern border anyway will likely be “turned away.”
Reactions from the public
Many Americans on Monday found Vice President Harris’ remarks to be quite fascinating. Others noted that the Biden administration’s reversal of Trump-era immigration policies have engendered what Harris called “illegal migration.”
Of course, it also doesn’t help matters that the Biden administration is releasing migrants who cross the border into America; this release is done in good faith that migrants return for set court hearings. As history has shown, however, many migrants never show up.
