Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday tried answering her Republican critics head-on when she made her long-awaited visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, as former President Donald Trump ramped up his rhetoric on immigration and called on her to resign.
As Air Force Two landed in southern Arizona and Harris toured a stretch of border wall outside Douglas with U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, she was faced with the dual tasks of trying to overcome her own political weakness on the immigration issue and boosting Democratic candidates in races that will help determine which party controls the House and Senate back in Washington.
Harris pledged, if elected, to impose a five-year ban on anyone caught crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. They also would be barred from seeking asylum.
