Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign (July 24, 2024)
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... In early 2021, President Biden enlisted Vice President Kamala Harris to help with a slice of the migration issue " a move that has turned into one of the newly presumptive presidential nominee's first campaign headaches.

Why it matters: Confusion around the VP's exact role, early media misfires and the rapidly changing regional migration crisis has made the issue a top target for the GOP trying to define their new opponent. And it has become even more critical for Harris to find a clear border message, fast.

The administration's early infighting, blame-shifting and indecision around their border response does not help her, either.

Driving the news: In the past few days, the Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the "border czar" title -- which she never actually had.

- - - "Harris was appointed 'border czar' in March of 2021, and since that time, millions and millions of illegal aliens have invaded our country and countless Americans have been killed by migrant crime because of her willful demolition of American borders and laws," Trump told reporters on a call on Tuesday.

- - - House GOP Chair Elise Stefanik introduced a resolution condemning the administration and its "Border Czar" for failing to secure the U.S.

- - - Harris supporters have rushed to her defense. "She assumed the role that Vice President Biden had during the Obama administration, which is diplomacy with Central America," former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson told Fox News on Tuesday. "She is not the border czar." ...