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Home Front: Politix
Kamala Harris comes out of the woodwork with plan to solve all those 'root causes' of migrant surge
2021-04-15
[American Thinker] After appearing on milk carton memes from Republicans mocking her as AWOL in being Joe Biden's border crisis czar, Kamala Harris has dropped her crocheting, snacking, and home decor battles to bring herself out of the woodwork.

Wednesday, she held a press conference and Zoom-like roundtable on just what she plans to do about the migrant surge at the border, looking for all those "root causes."

Here are some choice bits from the White House transcript. The first reporter's question got right to the point:
Q Madam Vice President, will you visit the southern border. Do you have a trip planned? Will you plan one in the future if the situation with migration doesn't resolve itself?

THE VICE PRESIDENT: So, as I mentioned to the experts, the President has asked Secretary Mayorkas to address what is going on at the border. And he has been working very hard at that, and it's showing some progress because of his hard work. I have been asked to lead the issue of dealing with root causes in the Northern Triangle, similar to what then-Vice President did many years ago.

But I will tell you that these are issues that are not going to be addressed overnight, in terms of the root causes issue. A large part of our focus is diplomatic, in terms of what we can do, in a way that is about working with these countries.

So, for example: I have talked with the President of Mexico, the President of Guatemala. We have — well, I'm probably saying too much — we have plans in the work to go to Guatemala as soon as possible, given all of the restrictions in terms of COVID and things of that nature.

But these are areas of focus for a very important and good reason. We must address the symptoms, and that is what is happening with the team of folks who are working on the border, led by Ali Mayorkas. But we also have to deal with the root causes, otherwise we are just in a perpetual system of only dealing with the symptoms.

So, our focus is to deal with the root causes, and I'm looking forward to traveling, hopefully, as my first trip, to the Northern Triangle — stopping in Mexico and then going to Guatemala sometime soon.
No border visit — too politically hazardous to be associated with it, for sure. Let Mayorkas do that unpopular job exposing the administration's incompetence.

But Harris's claim that there's nothing to learn at the border about the "root causes" of illegal migration is nonsense. On the contrary, there's a hell of a lot to learn firsthand at the border from the actual participants about the root causes of why, exactly, they are entering the U.S. illegally in surges. In a report published yesterday, a Politico correspondent went to Tijuana; interviewed actual wannabe illegal aliens; and, sure enough, found out a lot.

Here's Politico correspondent Jack Herrera's nut graf and what immediately followed:
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  
laughter heard...come join in the laughter!
Posted by: Lumpy Poodle3626   2021-04-15 23:38  

#6  Cackling Kamala as usual does not answer the question. Just waffles on with saying nothing concrete. At least Sleepy Joe has cognitive decline as an excuse.
Posted by: Torquemada   2021-04-15 20:56  

#5  Yo Camel! Lemme make it real:
Dey po'.
We be rich.
Y'all make it easy fo po folks to get here.
Nuff said.
Posted by: Sarsaparilla Root-Cause   2021-04-15 17:31  

#4  While we figure out travel restrictions with the Covid in Honduras, I will travel the country visiting niche shops in order to build my brand.

See, did you know I'm a professional crotcheter? Oh, its crow-shay? Well I am good at it, taught my kids even. And like all you fellow Americans I, too, like snackies. For real though, as you can see HII HACKLE HACK HACK HOO!
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-04-15 16:52  

#3  The root cause is the USA has long had an economic system that created more wealth than most of the rest of the world, so the rest of the world wants to come here. And change that system to be what they came here to escape.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-04-15 16:09  

#2  we also have to deal with the root causes

How'd that work for you in LA?
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-04-15 13:53  

#1  We must address the symptoms...

Oh, you mean like the corruption in our own government? Because we are not responsible for Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala or Honduras.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-04-15 13:51  

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