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Opinion: Abbott's policies improved the border. Harris wants the credit.

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01.10.2024

Guess where Vice President Kamala Harris decided to show up Friday for the first time in three years? At the southern border.

While on the Arizona-Mexico border, Harris criticized former President Donald Trump for blocking a bipartisan border bill.

Her gaslighting knows no bounds.

Harris' spin about the border is just that − spin. She and President Joe Biden have failed to secure our nation's southern border, plain and simple. Unlike a lot of issues, this one is not complicated − four more years of Harris will be four more years of the same border chaos.

The same day that Harris was in Arizona, I interviewed Gov. Greg Abbott at the Texas Governor's Mansion in Austin. I asked him about how the state approaches security along its 1,254-mile border with Mexico.

After almost a decade as the Lone Star state's chief executive, the three-term governor has seen a lot when it comes to the Texas border, including an enormous increase in the number of illegal border crossings after the Biden-Harris administration took office in 2021.

The influx increased in no small part because Biden and Harris reversed Trump policies such as "Remain in Mexico" and Title 42, which helped maintain order and keep migrant crossings relatively low. The number of illegal crossings at the border then surged to a record high,........

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