Southwest
Border mayors judge Harris' performance on immigration crisis as vice president: 'Nonexistent'
Vice President Kamala Harris’ record on immigration and border security has been thin in her current role, according to three mayors along the southern border, leaving questions about how she plans to tackle one of the biggest issues in the 2024 presidential election.
“From where I sit, I would grade the vice president’s performance of the border crisis as pretty much nonexistent,” Mayor Douglas Nicholls of Yuma, Arizona, told Fox News Digital.
President Biden assigned Harris to tackle the root causes of Central American migration, from poverty to violence, in early 2021. Harris traveled to Mexico and Guatemala that June, and negotiated a deal that saw the U.S. send $4 billion to Central American countries, with private companies kicking in an extra $5.2 billion.
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She also visited El Paso, Texas, in 2021, amid mounting pressure from Republicans.
But Harris’ focus faded from immigration after that, and she has not visited the southern border or any Central American countries since January 2022.
“Every border is different,” Mayor Jorge Maldonado of Nogales, Arizona, said. “‘Til you see her come here and really look at our border and pay any interest, you know, she doesn’t know what Nogales is.”
Nogales sits above “one of the hardest borders to get to,” Maldonado said, sparing it from much of the migrant surge other sectors endured.
But Customs and Border Protection does send lots of migrants from other areas to the small, remote city because it is home to a large processing center, which caused some chaos at the height of the surge when officials began releasing migrants, Maldonado said.
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Media outlets and Republicans gave Harris the moniker of “border czar” shortly after she received her root causes directive. The White House rejected that nickname at the time, and is pushing back on it again as Harris’ critics argue she failed to make any difference at the border.
“The term ‘border czar’ … it’s become more of a political liability since there wasn’t a lot done,” Nicholls said.
“She needed to be here,” Dr. Victor Treviño, mayor of Laredo, Texas, said when asked about the White House’s opposition to the informal title. But now, he said he sees a “great opportunity” for Harris to get bold on immigration.
Treviño attended a gathering of Latino leaders last week at the vice president’s residence in D.C. and said he saw a new side to Harris. As vice president, she was very quiet, he said. Since becoming a candidate, Harris is “communicative and very outspoken on things that need to be done,” he said.
“If she continues to function in that fashion, I think she’ll have a very good chance,” he said.
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Treviño is inviting Harris to visit the border in Laredo ahead of the election, as immigration continues to rank high among voters’ priorities.
“The Latino vote is crucial for her if she is to win the presidency,” Treviño said. “She needs to look at our challenges and be involved with what we live and work every day here.”
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Fox News Digital reached out to the Vice President’s campaign and the White House, but did not immediately hear back.
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Ramiro Vargas contributed to the accompanying video.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Motorist shot in head while driving in Los Angeles
A motorist is in critical condition after he was shot in the head while driving through a neighborhood in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles Friday morning.
An assault with a deadly weapon call was reported around 12:15 a.m. in the 1000 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed.
Responding officers located a Hispanic man in his 50s suffering from a gunshot wound to the head.
The victim was apparently driving when he was shot and subsequently crashed into two parked cars.
The unidentified man was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, the spokesperson said.
There was no word on a possible motive for the shooting.
Police were also unable to describe the suspect or any possible suspect vehicle as of Friday morning.
Southwest
Harris' vetting team privately meets with Shapiro, Kelly ahead of veep announcement: report
Vice President Kamala Harris’ vetting team privately met with two top contenders to run alongside the presumptive Democratic nominee on the 2024 ticket, just days before a final decision is to be made on the vice presidential selection.
Harris’ team reportedly met with both Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Politico reported Thursday, as the vetting process narrows the candidate field.
Asked by Fox News Digital whether Harris’ vetting team also met with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, another candidate being considered for the position, the campaign remained mum.
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While several candidates remain in the pool, Harris is expected to announce her running mate as soon as Monday.
The new pair will kick off a four-day, battleground state tour with their first campaign rally in Philadelphia on Tuesday. Shapiro, one of her leading candidates, hails from just outside of Philadelphia in Montgomery County.
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A vice presidential nominee has not been announced in their home state for the past several election cycles, giving rise to speculation that the Pennsylvania governor could be the favorite in the mix.
Also on Harris’ shortlist for vice president are North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.
Ashley Etienne, a former Harris communications director, recently told NBC News that her bet is on Kelly for the position.
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Los Angeles, Ca
Restaurant burglar leaves apology note amid wave of break-ins across San Fernando
A wave of destructive burglaries in San Fernando has left business owners frustrated and on edge. In a bizarre twist, one shop owner discovered an apology note from a thief.
Over the past several days, at least seven businesses were hit by thieves including restaurants, coffee shops and more.
One business, the San Fernando Coffee Company, was burglarized on Tuesday. The thief smashed their way into the shop and escaped with the cash register.
“This week has been an emotional rollercoaster,” said Isaiah Rosario, the coffee shop’s owner.
Rosario said although there was only $6 inside the register, it would cost him around $1,000 to replace it.
The restaurant next door, Teriyaki Madness, was burglarized twice in one week — on Tuesday morning and again on Thursday morning.
Security cameras from the restaurant captured an intruder slipping through a shattered glass window and heading straight for the cash register.
And in a bizarre twist, cameras recorded the male thief writing a note before fleeing the scene. The next day, the victimized owners recovered the note which read, “Sorry! Need money for drugs, won’t come back.”
Authorities are working to determine whether the same person or persons may be involved in the burglary spree.
As store owners continue working to clean up their stores and recuperate from their losses, many are just frustrated over the continuous crime.
“It just sucks,” Rosario said. “It just sucks.”
Local business owners have planned a meeting with the San Fernando police chief on Friday morning to address the crime wave.
The suspect or suspects responsible for the break-ins are facing charges of burglary, vandalism, grand theft and more.
Anyone with information on the case can call the San Fernando Police Department at 818-898-1267.
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