The resolution, introduced by Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, passed by a vote of 220 to 196 and harshly criticized “border czar” Harris and President Biden for failing to “understand the gravity of the crisis at the border” and “fix it.” Six Democrats voted to censure their party’s now presumptive nominee for creating chaos on immigration, The New York Post reports. Harris was granted the status after Biden, 81, withdrew his candidacy from the 2024 election on Sunday.
“Harris and every elected Democrat bears responsibility for this historic border crisis that has turned every community into a border community,” Stefanik said. “It’s time to return to President Donald Trump’s border security policies that put the safety of American citizens first.”
In March 2021, Biden tasked Harris with addressing the “root causes” of the migration crisis, but it took her three months to travel to the US-Mexico border for the first time as vice president — and at least 8 million migrants have since been deported.
House Republicans have long criticized Biden, Harris and other White House officials for reversing Trump-era immigration policies like Remain in Mexico and for refusing to acknowledge American women and girls allegedly killed by repeat migrants who infiltrated the U.S. At least 50 migrants from an ISIS-linked human trafficking ring also arrived in the country, 16 of whom were detained by federal authorities.
“Vice President Kamala Harris is not just a failed border guard — she is an extremist on border security and immigration enforcement, as her record as a senator, presidential candidate, and vice president makes abundantly clear,” said the committee chair in a harsh and scathing statement from Homeland Security Representative Mark Greene.
