Harris Aides 'Panicked' When Biden Assigned Her Immigration Task in March
By Brian Freeman | Tuesday, 01 June 2021 03:00 PM
When President Joe Biden announced back in March that he was assigning Vice President Kamala Harris with the task of taking charge of immigration from Central America, her aides appeared to "panic," according to a White House official, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The panic was caused by concern that her assignment, which was to focus on conditions in Central America that push migrants to the US southern border and diplomatic efforts to mitigate those, was being intentionally misconstrued, according to the official.
This would increase the possibility that it could be politically damaging to Harris if she was connected to any failure at the southern border, where there has been a surge of illegal immigrants arriving, including a record number of unaccompanied children crossing into the U.S.
The official said the concern and dismay of the vice president’s aides increased when Republican critics and the media portrayed her new role as a border assignment and immigration czar, opening her up to criticism for the handling of the problem.
However, another White House official said the vice president's team wasn't panicked and that Harris has been focused on the assignment. The official also denied that her team was concerned about how her role was being perceived.
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