AdvertisementHarris, so far, has resisted making plans to visit, pointing out that her job description involves diplomacy in Latin America rather than policy at the border. Yet, the fraught debate over the border illustrates why Harris’ most high-profile solo assignment is so challenging, both on the substance and the politics. “But we also have to deal with the root causes, otherwise we are just in a perpetual system of only dealing with the symptoms,” Harris said recently. I don’t care what party you’re from,” said Theresa Cardinal Brown, who was an immigration policy advisor in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations. AdvertisementCueller, the Texas congressman, said he wants Harris to succeed in addressing migration’s root causes.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 12, 2021 21:00 UTC