Over 20 GOP Lawmakers Call on Biden To Replace Harris As Admin’s ‘Leader To Solve the Border Crisis’

Two dozen House Republicans are calling on President Joe Biden to replace Vice President Kamala Harris as the official charged with helping to stop the flow of northern migration. In a letter on Thursday, the lawmakers…

Bradley Cortright·Jun 17, 2021·3 min read

Read the statement below:

The group of lawmakers also said that “this presumption ignores the role of policy decisions made in the first four months of your administration play in enticing migrants to illegally cross our southern border.”

“Perhaps if the Vice President took a moment to speak with our Border Patrol agents who are on the frontlines of this crisis, or even the thousands of migrants currently held in our border facilities, she and your administration would be able to grasp this reality,” they added.

Finally, the lawmakers said, “This country cannot afford another minute of inaction from Vice President Harris. While you have publicly defended the Vice President, even you must be discouraged with her inaction. We have all made mistakes in hiring and understand when someone else needs to be assigned to a task. We sincerely urge you to find someone else in your administration to assist you in getting a handle on this border crisis.”

While the Republicans have focused on what they say is Harris’ role in managing the border crisis, CNN reports, “Harris and her aides have emphasized internally that they want to focus on conditions in Central America that push migrants to the US southern border, as President Joe Biden tasked her to do.”