Pollster Frank Luntz said Tuesday that Vice President Kamala Harris will draw attention to the bad “immigration statistics” during a planned visit to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Harris is reportedly planning to visit the southern border during a campaign trip to the battleground state of Arizona, a trip Luntz said should have happened earlier in her term as vice president. (RELATED: Kamala Harris talks for nearly three minutes when asked what she'll do to secure the border)

“Given that the time for her to go to the border was probably last year or the year before, I would actually encourage her not to do so,” Luntz told CNN News Central host Brianna Keilar. “And now it just highlights the fact that she's not really focused on this issue. I can't pinpoint what her actual responsibilities were within the administration because it's unclear, but this is an area where Donald Trump can say, if you look at the numbers, if you look at the immigration statistics, if you look at the illegal immigration that's taken place under his administration and under the Biden-Harris administration.”

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Illegal immigration has become a key issue in the 2024 election campaign. Statistics show that Border Patrol agents have encountered more than 7 million illegal immigrants since the start of fiscal year 2021. release According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Residents of Springfield, Ohio, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the influx of Haitian immigrants has led to an increase in traffic accidents and a surge in home prices. Since the immigrants arrived, Springfield has seen an increase in crimes such as car theft and shoplifting.

Residents blame the Biden administration's border policies for the city's plight.

Crimes involving illegal immigrants have also been in the national news, such as the murders of Rachel Morin, Laken Riley and Jocelyn Nangaray.

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