The White House Explains Harris's Border Absence
Leah Barkoukis
Posted: Apr 27, 2021 7:30 AMWhite House Press Secretary Jen Psaki explained Monday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s focus “is not on the border” but working “on a diplomatic level" to address the migrant crisis.
The comments came in response to a question from Fox News’s Peter Doocy, who asked about remarks Harris recently made. The vice president claimed she hadn’t taken any trips related to the crisis because “we have to deal with COVID issues.” Doocy wondered what she meant by that.
“Well, I would certainly have to ask her team about that specifically, but I would tell you also that her focus is not on the border; it’s on addressing the root causes in the Northern Triangle,” Psaki said. “And that’s why the majority of her time has been spent on working with — on a diplomatic level.”
Psaki added that Harris is working with Mexico and Guatemala to “ensure there are systems put in place to reduce the amount of migration coming from these countries, but also to address the root causes. And that’s really what the president has asked her to do.”
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