Border protection unions on Friday condemned Vice President Kamala Harris, who made her first campaign stop at the southern border as a Democratic presidential candidate.

Harris traveled Douglas, Arizona (including previous stops along the border wall) called “Her gross misappropriation of taxpayer money.” will do Former President Donald Trump “blocked all funding” while in office. Delivered by the vice president remarks President Trump after a Senate bill proposing $48 billion to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia and about $16 billion to aid Israel in its conflict with Hamas failed, in exchange for border security reforms. condemnation

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Harris, a sudden wall supporter, previously called the wall President Trump's “medieval vanity project.”

“President Trump's border wall is a complete waste… pic.twitter.com/ACSujRAeiP

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) September 27, 2024

The Border Patrol union accused Harris of ignoring an immigration crisis “that has been in the making for more than three years” just to give a 20-minute speech and pose for a photo on the campaign trail.

“Vice President Harris has been ignoring the border issue that she created for over three years. She decided to go there for 20 minutes for a photo op and repeat some of the things NPBC had said earlier. But then again, where has she been for the last 3 1/2 years?'' the Border Security Coalition wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Vice President Harris has ignored the border problem she created for more than three years. She went there for 20 minutes for a photo shoot and decided to repeat some of the things NPBC had said earlier. But then again, where has she been for the past three and a half years?

— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) September 28, 2024

The Border Patrol Coalition issued the following two: more Post It fact-checked Harris about false claims masquerading as concerns “38 days before the election.”

“Vice President Harris asserted that CBP needs more resources in Arizona,” the Border Patrol union wrote. “We have apprehended more than 8 million illegal immigrants in the past four years, but 38 days before the election we knew we needed more help.”

Vice President Harris argued that CBP needs more resources in Arizona.

We've apprehended more than 8 million illegal immigrants over the past four years, but 38 days before the election we knew we needed more help.

— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) September 28, 2024

“Fact check on Harris speech in Douglas, Arizona: Vice President Harris today claimed that she helped increase overtime pay for Border Patrol agents,” the Border Patrol union also wrote. “This couldn't be further from the truth. As with all things related to the border, when we needed her she was nowhere to be found.”

Fact check on Harris speech in Douglas, Arizona:

Today, Vice President Harris claimed she helped increase overtime pay for Border Patrol agents.

This couldn't be further from the truth. As with all things border related, she was nowhere to be found when we needed her.

— Border Patrol Union – NBPC (@BPUnion) September 28, 2024

Hours before Harris landed in Arizona, National Border Patrol Council Vice Chairman Art Del Cueto issued the following statement: statement Fox News' Bill Melgin called Harris' belated border visit a “slap in the face.”

“After years of not only ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala Harris is finally heading to the border, even though this is just her checking a box. , which is a slap in the face to the men and women who put their lives on the line every day, and a slap in the face to the American people.''

New: Border Patrol Union Statement @FoxNews re: Vice President Kamala Harris' Arizona border visit today – her first visit to the southern border since June 2021, when she went to El Paso, Texas.

“After years of not only ignoring the problem, but helping create it, Vice President Kamala…

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) September 27, 2024

Illegal immigration has come to the forefront of the 2024 campaign issue after several crimes committed by illegal immigrants were reported in the national press, including the murders of Rachel Morin, Laken Riley, and Jocelyn Nungarai. . Trump vowed in February after Riley's death to launch the largest deportation operation in U.S. history. (Related article: “Kamala Harris refuses to work”: J.D. Vance confronts NBC host over immigration policy)

Harris' border visit comes after new data released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows that approximately 425,431 illegal immigrants have been convicted of a crime in the United States, and 222,141 illegal immigrants are facing criminal charges. It was held on the same day that it was revealed that According to On Fox News.

President Joe Biden appointed Harris to lead the border crisis on March 24, 2021, two months after taking office. According to To the Associated Press. Harris was therefore at the helm of the border crisis for 95% of Biden's presidency.