Vice President Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch of fence line along Arizona’s border with Mexico on Friday, making her first visit to the international boundary since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities ahead of the November election.Harris chatted with local Border Patrol leaders about securing the area as they strode along a rust-colored stretch of wall built during Barack Obama’s presidency. Temperatures neared 100 degrees.“They’ve got a tough job, and they need, rightly, support to do their job,” Harris said of the Border Patrol as she entered the Douglas port of entry for a briefing on efforts to block the flow of fentanyl across the border. “They are very dedicated. And so I’m here to talk with them about what we can continue to do to support them. And also thank them for the hard work they do.”Later, she was expected to …
Harris inspects fence at US-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration [Video]
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