EL PASO, Texas — After a barrage of criticism from Republicans for not going to the southern U.S. border, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to El Paso on Friday, saying the visit was about “looking at the effects of what we have seen happening in Central America.”
After a walking tour of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing center, a visit to a port of entry and a meeting with advocates from faith-based organizations and shelter and legal service providers, Harris spoke about the connection between the root causes of migration and issues at the border.
“If you want to deal with the problem, you can’t just deal with the symptom of the problem, you’ve got to figure out what caused it to happen,” she said.
