Trump sidesteps his role in Afghanistan exit in trying to link Harris to chaos, 28 Aug

Democrats and Trump's critics point to the former president's decision to cut out the Afghan government and negotiate directly with the Taliban on withdrawing all U.S. troops on a specific timeline as the key factor that left Biden few good choices in crafting and executing a plan

such as returning US embassy to Tel Aviv

cnn | Harris and Walz to sit with CNN for exclusive first joint interview since campaign began, 17 Aug

The interview, conducted by CNN's chief political correspondent and anchor Dana Bash, will air at 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. It occurs as the candidates embark on a bus tour through the battleground state of Georgia and marks the first time Harris [or Walz] has sat with a journalist for an in-depth, on-the-record conversation since President Joe Biden dropped his bid for a second term and endorsed her on July 21.

NBC Lester Holt interviews Harris (08.06.21) 6 min.

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More recent interviews have shown Harris on steadier ground. In the moments following the disastrous June 27 debate that would eventually torpedo Biden's hopes for a second term, Harris sat for an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper [CNN (28.06.24) 8 min.] and presented a strong defense of the president's performance—being one of the very few Biden allies who publicly remained staunchly in his corner.

pbs | What does Kamala Harris believe? Where the candidate stands on 9 issues (21.01.19)
She opposes Trump's border wall proposals, and has called on the White House to end the shutdown and agree to reopen the government.
thehill | Kamala Harris slams Trump's border wall as 'medieval vanity project' (27.01.19)
A group of bipartisan lawmakers are set to negotiate border security funding over the next three weeks. Trump has indicated he may declare a national emergency to build the wall or shut down the government again should the agreement not be to his liking.

cnn | Biden starts fast on immigration by halting border wall and travel ban while embracing DACA (20.01.021): "President Joe Biden kicked off his term by signing out a series of immigration executive actions, moving swiftly to undo many Trump administration policies and ending the national emergency that diverted millions of dollars to the border wall."

ChatGPT | Biden taps VP Harris to lead response to border challenges (24.03.21)
In delegating the matter to Harris, Biden is seeking to replicate a dynamic that played out when he served as President Barack Obama's vice president. Obama turned to Biden in his first term to lead the White House effort to draw down U.S. troops in Iraq and oversee implementation of stimulus in response to the Great Recession [2009 to present]. "When she speaks, she speaks for me," Biden said, noting her past work as California's attorney general makes her specially equipped to lead the administration's response.

latimes | Kamala Harris' three words to Guatemalans stir debate and backlash (09.06.21)
Among the critics was Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who defended the rights of asylum seekers and lambasted decades of U.S. foreign policy for "contributing to regime change and destabilization in Latin America."

Harris is tasked with overseeing diplomatic efforts to deal with issues spurring migration in the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, as well as pressing them to strengthen enforcement on their own borders, administration officials said. She's also tasked with developing and implementing a long-term strategy that gets at the root causes of migration from those countries.

npr | In A Blow To Democrats, Senate Official Blocks Immigration Reform In Budget Bill (19.09.21)
Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled against Democrats' efforts to include a massive immigration reform effort in their $3.5 trillion proposed spending bill

Biden suggested President Donald Trump's decision to cut $450 million funding in 2019 to the region was partly to blame for the situation.

whitehouse.gov | FACT SHEET: Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security Plans for Border Wall Funds (11.06.21): "The Biden Administration inherited a broken immigration system—one that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars and neither kept the American people safe nor adhered to our values...."
factcheck.org | Biden's Border Wall, Explained (06.10.23)

After the Department of Homeland Security announced it would waive laws to enable miles of border wall construction in Texas, President Joe Biden said he "can't stop" the money being spent on border barriers because of the way it was appropriated by Congress.

defense.gov | Department of Defense Plan for the Redirection of Border Wall Funds (10.06.21)

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The Government Accountability Office reviewed Biden's 2021 proclamation to determine whether it violated the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. In its June 15, 2021, [statement], GAO said the proclamation, and its implementation, didn't violate the act, but rather, were "programmatic delays."

Funds appropriated to DHS in fiscal year 2021 for border barriers have not yet been obligated because DHS must first comply with environmental, procurement, and other statutory prerequisites prior to obligating these funds for new projects.

GAO said the Trump administration violated the act in withholding security assistance to Ukraine in 2019, a decision Democrats used in Trump's first impeachment case.

nationalreview | 'Build the Wall!' Says the Biden Administration (03.08.22): "The administration is going to fill four gaps in the wall along Arizona's border, near Yuma, which has experienced a surge in border crossings: Border Patrol has encountered 235,230 migrants attempting to cross the border at the Yuma Sector in fiscal year 2022. Only Del Rio and the Rio Grande Valley have encountered more migrants—326,177 and 377,994, respectively."
axios | Biden administration sues Arizona governor over attempt to fill in border wall" (14.12.22): "The new lawsuit asks the court to order Arizona to stop building the barrier and remove the containers in the San Rafael Valley, citing operational and environmental concerns. Arizona 'is trespassing on federal lands,' the complaint states."
bbc | Biden approves new section of border wall as Mexico crossings rise (05.10.23): "In 2020, Mr Biden promised he would not build another foot of wall if elected."

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cnn | House passes GOP border security bill that faces veto threat (11.05.23)
"The bill would restart construction of a border wall, increase funding for border agents and upgraded border technology, reinstate the "remain in Mexico" policy, place new restrictions on asylum seekers, and enhance requirements for E-verify, a database employers use to verify immigration status."
ChatGPT | Biden and McCarthy reach a final deal to avoid US default and now must sell it to Congress (28.05.23)
"The Democratic president and Republican speaker spoke late in the day as negotiators rushed to draft and post the bill text for review, with compromises that neither the hard-right or left flank is likely to support. "
ChatGPT | Dem anger boils over at linking border with Ukraine (06.12.23)
"'If they want money for Ukraine and Israel, they're not going to get it unless they close the border. For them, keeping an open border is more important than the security of Europe or the Middle East. Which is astonishing to me,' Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said of Democrats."
cnn | Biden's embrace of stricter border measures puts him at odds with key allies tasked with selling his re[-]election (18.12.23)
"Border security remains a political liability [20.10.23] for Biden heading into 2024, as polls reveal voter dissatisfaction over the president's handling of migration at the southern border. Since taking office, his administration has grappled with record high arrests at the US-Mexico border amid unprecedented migration in the Western Hemisphere"
reuters | US Senate unveils $118 billion bill on border security, aid for Ukraine, Israel (05.02.24)
"'This bill is even worse than we expected, and won't come close to ending the border catastrophe the president has created,' House Speaker Mike Johnson said in a statement on X, formerly called Twitter."

ChatGPT | Harris promises to go tough on border security (09.08.24)
The remarks are part of an aggressive effort by the Harris campaign to flip the issue of immigration and border security, long a political liability for Democrats and the vice president in particular.
usnews ChatGPT | Presented With Rise in Border Crossings, Kamala Harris Chose a Long-Term Approach (14.08.24)
Harris was never the "border czar," or put in charge of border security or halting illegal border crossings, as former President Donald Trump, Republicans and even the occasional media outlet have claimed.
ChatGPT radio dallas | Kamala Harris pledges to spend hundreds of millions on the border wall—a project she once opposed (29.08.24)
Ironically, Harris's support of the bill would enact one of Trump's key unfulfilled campaign promises from 2016. "It requires the Trump border wall," Sen. James Lankford told Axios. The Republican from Oklahoma helped negotiate the legislation.

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ChatGPT tampa | Harris Campaign Says It's A 'Lie' That Kamala Backs EV Mandates, But Her Record Tells A Different Story, 28 Aug

"Vice President Harris does not support an electric vehicle mandate," [campaign rapid response director Ammar] Moussa wrote in the email. "Donald Trump railed against the Inflation Reduction Act while the Biden-Harris administration oversaw the creation of tens of thousands of new, clean energy jobs in Michigan and provided ground-breaking subsidies and tax credits for electric vehicles."

kamalaharris.org | A Climate Plan for We the People | Full Policy (2019)

Then-Senator Harris was a co-sponsor of the Zero Emissions Vehicles Act in 2019, a bill that initially proposed to require 100% of new car sales to be EVs or otherwise be emissions-free by 2040. Harris later campaigned, during her failed 2020 presidential bid, on having all new car sales be zero-emissions models by 2035.

whitehouse.gov | Remarks by Vice President Harris on Electric Vehicle Investments (13.12.21)
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