Vance takes attacks on Harris’ record to the southern border

COCHISE COUNTY, Ariz. — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance brought his fiery campaign rhetoric on immigration to the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, as the Trump campaign drubs Vice President Kamala Harris overthe Biden administration’s approach to border security.

Sharpening his attacks on Harris from the stump in recent days, the Ohio Republican senatorvisitedan unfinished portion of the border wall in Arizona — a stark visual to drive home the campaign’s juxtaposition of Harris and Trump’srecords.

“It is not hard to secure the southern border, you just have to reimplement some common sense policies,” Vance said after receiving a briefing from border patrol union members, a representative from the sheriff’s department and a local rancher.

Vance, turning to the members of law enforcement flanking him at a lectern, posed a rhetorical question: “Tell me, has Kamala Harris done anything you’ve asked her to do? Has your border czar done anything you’ve asked her to do? The answer is no.”

A central component of former President Donald Trump’s proposed border policy is a pledge to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented immigrants if he is sent back to the White House, after pledging during his first presidential campaign to build a wall along the southern border.

Vance explained how the policy could withstand legal challenges while continuing his attacks on Harris in an interview following his remarks.

“I think the courts have made it pretty clear that the president has complete control over border policy, and so we’re going to be able to do a lot,” Vance said, referencing cases during Trump’s time as president.

“It’s one of the reasons why ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris has been such a failure here is