Harris El Paso visit 800 miles from illegal immigration 'epicenter,' Texas Democrat says
By: Anna Giaritelli (MSN)
Chicken shit photo op "get off my back" visit. She'll see nothing that compares to the real life goings on.
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
Vice President Kamala Harris's decision to visit the border city of El Paso, Texas, on Friday will keep her 800 miles away from the region that is seeing more than double the normal amount of illegal immigration.
Lawmakers who have begged Harris for months to visit the U.S.-Mexico border are unhappy about the White House's plans not to visit the Rio Grande Valley. Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas called the move a "politically safe trip."
"I'm sure her planners told her that if you're going to go down to the border, go to something that's safer to go to, that is, politically safer," Cuellar told Fox News in an interview Thursday morning. "The epicenter is down there in the Lower Rio Grande, the lower part of my district down there. If you look at the numbers that are down there compared to El Paso, you're not going to get a true picture of what's happening."
The Border Patrol divides the 1,950-mile border into nine regions. Since the start of the government's fiscal year in October 2020, the Rio Grande Valley has seen the most illegal immigration, nearly two and a half times as many migrant encounters as the El Paso region. From October through May, Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley apprehended 271,927 people, compared to 113,824 in El Paso, according to federal data.
The Laredo and Del Rio regions of southeastern and central Texas have also seen extremely high illegal immigration levels, together totaling 194,000. Agents there see higher percentages of criminal immigrants and adults as opposed to the Rio Grande Valley, where many families and children cross.
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Cuellar said if Harris went to southeastern Texas, she would see children and families being detained in tents in Donna, Texas; people being released due to prosecutorial discretion onto the streets in downtown McAllen, Texas; and constant crossings at the Rio Grande River that divides both countries.
The congressman has invited Harris to the border several times, including in an invitation sent to her office last week. He never heard back and learned of her plan to visit El Paso through news reports, as did other Texas Democrats, he said.
"Yesterday, I got a call from one of my Border Patrol friends and say, 'Hey, why is she going over there? We got about 140% higher crossings over here, and this is where the activity's at.' And I couldn't answer him," Cuellar said. "Even if she goes to El Paso, which is a first step, she's got to spend time with landowners, with stakeholders, with cities and counties officials, and I hope she sits down with our brave men and women in green, and in blue, our Border Patrol agents, so they don't just get a pat in the back, but they actually get some reinforcement and some support down there."
The Rio Grande Valley is the southernmost tip of the southern border, making it the shortest distance from Mexico's southern border and the quickest spot to enter the United States for Central Americans, who make up the majority of people arriving at the border under President Joe Biden.
Cushy day trip. SMH. Found out Mr. Trump and some GOP reps are going so she had to hurry up to beat them there. That's it.
I'm sure there will be some fine folks that show up to help greet her and suggest that she should visit some other cities along the border like Del Rio or McAllen.
I doubt it will be a fruitful "suggestion" but you are absolutely correct. This trip is grandstanding.
That's an interesting take. My Senator, Young, was all over his social media heralding his visit to the SAME area with over 30 other Republicans. It was hosted by Sen. Cruz from TX. Guess Rafael doesn't know were the action is in his own state...
How long ago was that? March. And they went to the Rio Grande Valley which is in the southern tip of Texas. Doesn't say anything about El Paso. Do you know where El Paso is?
And let's see what the substance of her appearance is.
Relevance?
Young said it was along the Rio Grande outside of the El Paso area of the border.
OH yes Jim, I can see by the content of your seeded article just how interested you are in the 'substance of her appearance'. /s
A lot can happen in three months
Don't care what Young said. I followed it then and looked at the trip articles when I posted this seed.
And I think you know why. This is just posturing and if you don't see it you are blind. She found out Mr. Trump and the Repubs were going next Wednesday and just HAD to beat them to try and squelch some of her detractors. WEAK effort that won't do shit.
I believe you're mistaken. Senator Young wasn't among those that visited the border, however he did serve along the border as a US Marine Corps Intelligence officer.
Not to mention that immediately after that trip, Harris was put in charge of the "situation" at the border.
You are so right. It was my other idiot Senator, Mike Braun.
Actually, Young's 'intelligence service' was in NC.
BTFW, Young DID visit the border @ Yuma, Arizona, even farther from the 'action' than Braun.
Really? Has the 'epicenter' moved Jim?
Thanks for confirming my posit Jim.
So why blather about it as if it matters?
"On border security, Senator Young said : “We used to [have] bipartisan consensus around the idea that you not only put boots on the ground but invest in technology to secure our border and also have physical barriers where they are required… As a Marine who served in Arizona in an area with heavy narco trafficking and human trafficking going on back in the nineties… a physical barrier was placed in that area – Yuma, Arizona – and trafficking went down 95 percent over roughly the next decade. So walls, or barriers, or structures – whatever you want to call them – do indeed work when properly and intelligently placed, and I hope that’s part of the final package we can agree on.”
I think you're still mistaken but he's your senator so.....
ICYMI: Senator Young Talks Border Security and Honoring a Hoosier Marine on Fox News | U.S. Senator Todd Young of Indiana (senate.gov)
Mistaken about WHAT Greg?
BTFW, I follow both of my Senators on FB so I read their bullshit every day. Young's favorite practice is to take credit for the legislation of OTHER Senator's. Just about every bill he votes Yea on becomes 'My bill' according to Young. Hell, he even took credit for a bill written and sponsored by Chuck Schumer. Young is a lying lightweight.
Oh now! At least he tried and got the hemisphere correct. I'm liberalland that close enough to being right that it will get him a participation trophy.
In this thread? Everything you've posted thus far with the exception of Senator Young visiting the border in Yuma.
Really Greg?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Cruz hosted the Republicans at the border?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Braun was there?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Young was an Intel officer in NC?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Jim's seed and comments show that he doesn't care about the 'substance' of Harris' 'appearance'?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Young's favorite practice is to take credit for the legislation of OTHER Senator's?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Young took credit for a bill written and sponsored by Chuck Schumer?
Was I mistaken when I stated that Young is a lying lightweight?
Since you insist I am mistaken about all of the above, you should have no problem proving it.
How can one care for something (substance) that is nonexistent?
If you knew anything about them, you would understand just how ideologically interchangeable Braun and Young are. They are equally incompetent Trumpsters.
I will give Braun some props for refraining from following Young's practice of publicly taking credit for legislation written and sponsored by other Senators.
Well gee Jim, why ask me. You posted this:
I doubted you cared and you proved me right.
There is no substance to this "visit". That is the point. There will be pundits who make up some miracle shit to make her look good but that is it.
AGAIN, you are the one who pretended to have a 'wait and see' attitude Jim. Then you admitted that you didn't really care about the substance.
So your comments prove that it really doesn't matter to you one way or another whether there was any substance or not, yet you keep harping on it...
Since I clearly cited a specific difference between them, your comment is utterly unfounded.
I admitted my mistake and any further comment by you will merely be trolling.
You were mistaken about which of your senators visited the border with the others.
You were mistaken about how many senators visited the border.
You were mistaken about where they visited along the border.
You were mistaken about your other senators service along the border.
As far as the rest, I won't say that your mistaken in your opinions cause after all they are just opinions.
Again, since you insist I am mistaken about all of the above, you should have no problem proving it.
"Senate Republicans made remarks about the situation at the Texas-Mexico border after touring portions of the Rio Grande Valley with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol."
Senate Republican Delegation Remarks from the Texas-Mexico Border | C-SPAN.org
List of GOP Senators Visiting the Border as Pressure Mounts on Joe Biden (msn.com)
Yes, I KNOW, I watched the link posted on Braun's page.
Did you note that Braun's name is on that list?
Why yes...yes I did, which is why
Oh and BTFW if you're going to get so butthurt that you lapse into the role of the deliberately obtuse because someone says they think you made a mistake perhaps you should take more care that you don't make mistakes.
Which I admitted 22 HOURS AGO Greg. Other than that, WTF do you want?
You listed MULTIPLE mistakes Greg. I have asked you to prove them, TWICE now and YOU have lapsed into personal comments instead.
You're comments are a waste of my time.
Move on.
Hilarious, yes please do.
I can't answer questions for you Greg.
LoL, yes I am aware of that, although I didn't ask you any questions nor would I ask questions of someone so intellectually obstinate and expect real answers.
I asked YOU questions.
No is sufficient.
Actually, we were already past that when you said I was STILL mistaken.
Since I stated "Young was an Intel officer in NC", how the fuck is that dismissive Greg?
Nope. Jim admitted that he didn't care about the substance. Read his comments.
Nope, that is a well informed evaluation of Young's character based on his own statements on social media.
Again, NO. Young did so on his FB account when Schumer's bill passed.
Again, that is a well informed evaluation of Young's character based on his own statements on social media. Just today Young claimed that S.1 outlawed voter ID. Another lie. He seems incapable of opposing a bill without lying about it's content and incapable of supporting a bill without taking credit for it. If that doesn't make him a lightweight, I don't know what would.
"Actually, Young's 'intelligence service' was in NC." Seems fairly fucking dismissive to me.
His intelligence service was in counter narcotics and anti-terrorism [before 9/11] for an unmanned aerial reconnaissance unit in NC.
One of my best friends was a Naval Intelligence Officer who retired in 1999. He was called up immediately after 9/11.
Guess Young wasn't the kind of intelligence officer that the Marines needed in 2001.
Shamed into going. Trump is still in control...haha.
The only reason that neither Biden nor Cruella won't go near the border is that the press will tag along and expose the reality of the human crisis occurring there.
You're Alive! Hugs Jim : )
Sorta on topic ...........As soon as Harris said she was going down to see the progress made on the border, I knew she was headed to a safe space .. then touts the 'extreme' progress of the Biden administration - the southern border aside, I thought Harris would have been a bit more aggressive/assertive in her role as VP ..
Pence hid out, did he show Harris the secret hiding spots before leaving office ... ? When she is in the spot light, she kind of sorta loses her composure - which I find strange .. her voice annoyed me .. but in the primaries she was bold and well spoken ....
I will complete my thought there..!
Peace my friend ... !
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